Introduction
- Date of Birth
- 07 Feb 1904
- Zodiac sign
- Aquarius
- Date of Death
- 19 Nov 1980
- Age
- 76
- Place of Birth
- , West Bengal, India
- Spouse(s)
- Leela mukherjee
- Children
- Daughter mrinalini mukherjee
- State Country of Birth
- West Bengal, India
1917
- Enrolled as a student in the school at Santiniketan, India
1919
- Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India (Student of Nandalal Bose)
1919 – 1924
1936
- Visited Japan where the Tosa School, calligraphy, and Japanese screen traditions shape his use of line, space, and materials
1947
- Visited Najibabad (India) during the summer and undertook a journey into Nepal, which inspired a vast number of sketches and watercolors
1920
- Does his first mural on the walls of his hostel room
1923
- Assists Nandalal in the painting of his murals in the old library building, inspired by scrolls in the Bagh and Ajanta cave paintings
1924
- Prints murals in 16 niches of the Satoshalaya building, Visva Bharati, depicting Santhal life
1925
- Teacher, Librarian and Curator, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
1925 – 1949
1929
- Becomes a full-fledged teacher at Kala Bhavan Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
1937
- Assists Nandalal at Haripura Congress where he designed and constructed the entire township with local materials and decorated it with the Haripura posters
1940
- Paints a mural in the ceiling of the hostel of Kala Bhavan dormitory, which is considered to be the first of his significant murals
1946
- Begins to paint the Hindi Bhavan mural at Visva Bharati
1946 – 1947
1948
- Leaves Santiniketan to assume the position of curator at the Nepal Government Museum in Kathmandu, Nepal
1950
- Paints murals at Banasthali in Rajasthan, India
1952
- Starts Art Training and a School for Children in Mussoorie, India
- Establishes Art and Craft Centre in Mussoorie, India
1954
- Gets appointed as Educational Advisor to Art School, Patna, India
1958
- Gets appointed as U.G.C. Professor, Art Theory Faculty, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
1958 – 1970
1967
- Assumes position of Principal of Kala Bhavan, Kolkata, India
1968
- Gets appointed as Professor at Kala Bhavan
1970
- Gets appointed as a Professor Emeritus at Visva Bharati Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
- Gets elected as fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi India
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