Renowned Indian Painter and Ex- MP Jogen Chowdhury Passes Away

Renowned Indian painter and former Rajya Sabha member Jogen Chowdhury has passed away at the age of 87. He breathed his last at a private hospital in Kolkata this morning following a prolonged illness. Chowdhury used to be considered as One of India’s most celebrated contemporary artists. Born in Faridpur, now in Bangladesh, in 1939, he moved to Kolkata after Partition.

He studied at the Government College of Art and Craft in Kolkata and later got training from Paris. He received the Kalidas Samman in 2001 and also served as Keeper of Art at Rashtrapati Bhavan and as a professor at Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. Apart from his artistic career, he was active in public life and represented West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha as a Trinamool Congress member from 2014 to 2020. (UPDATED ON 25TH OCTOBER 2026)