SM Sultan

SM Sultan
শেখ মুহাম্মদ সুলতান
Self-Portrait
Born
Sheikh Mohammed Sultan

(1923-08-10)10 August 1923
Narail, Bengal, British India
Died10 October 1994(1994-10-10) (aged 71)
Jessore, Khulna, Bangladesh
Resting placeNarail, Khulna, Bangladesh
NationalityBritish Indian (1923–1947)
Pakistani (1947–1971)
Bangladeshi (1971–1994)
EducationGovernment School of Art
Known forPainting, drawing
Notable work
  • First Plantation (1975)
  • Char Dakhal (1976)
  • Harvesting (1986)
  • Fishing-3 (1991)
AwardsEkushey Padak
1982

Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad Award
1986

Independence Day Award
1993

Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (Bengali: শেখ মহম্মদ সুলতান; 10 August 1923 – 10 October 1994), popularly known as S M Sultan, was a Bengali decolonial artist who worked in painting and drawing. His fame rests on his striking depictions of exaggeratedly muscular Bengali peasants engaged in the activities of their everyday lives.[1] Sultan's early works were influenced by western technics and forms, particularly impressionism, however, in his later works particularly, works exhibited in 1976, we discover there is a constant temptation to decolonize his art technics and forms.[2]

For his achievement in fine arts he was awarded with the Ekushey Padak in 1982; the Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad Award in 1986; and the Independence Day Award in 1993.[3] His works are held in several major collections in Bangladesh, including the Bangladesh National Museum, the National Art Gallery (Bangladesh), the S.M. Sultan Memorial Museum, and the Bengal Foundation.

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  2. ^ Nizar, Syed (2017). Colonization of Indian Art and Sultan (ভারতশিল্পের উপনিবেশায়ন ও সুলতানের বিউপনিবেশায়ন ভাবনা). Sylhet, Bangladesh.: Chaitanya Publishing House. ISBN 978-98-49-271154.
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