Haren Das

1921-1993

Harendra Narayan Das, better known as Haren Das, received
his early academic training partially from Ramendranath
Chakravorty (1902-1955) with a diploma in Fine Art from the
Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata where he
later became a teacher in 1947. He worked almost exclusively in
printmaking mediums. His printmaking work has been exhibited
and recognized in India, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Poland,
Argentina and Chile. A winner of the several national awards,
Das held several one-man shows and group shows across India
as well. His works are in the collections of the National Gallery
of Modern Art, New Delhi, the Calcutta Art Gallery and many
other state galleries. In 1950, he published a book of engravings
titled Bengal Village in Wood. Haren Das died in Kolkata in 1968.
Several exhibitions have shown his work posthumously including
Delhi Art Gallery’s exhibition and book, both titled Haren Das:
The End of Toil.