BEGINNINGS
Hirachand Dugar was born in a Jain family which migrated
from Rajasthan to Jiaganj, Murshidabad. When Asit Kumar
Halder took over the charge of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan,
along with him he took Ardhendu Bandhopadhyay, Dhirendra
Krishna Deb Burman and Hirachand Dugar from Calcutta.
He never followed his teacher`s style, always looked
forward to create his own style. He was a nature lover
and observed nature very intricately and was also interested
in gardening. He never painted fast and he used to take
at least six to seven months to complete a painting.
1921 Visited Kashmir, which is a very important event
in his life. 1925,26 After his father`s and wife`s death
he couldn`t paint for a long period. 1946 Visited Rajgir,
where he again started landscape painting. He loved
working in water colour and pencil. He was not interested
in oil painting, with the insistence of Debi Prasad
Roychowdhury he painted few in oils. He was basically
a very skillful artist
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