B. C. Sanyal is considered to have ushered in the era of modernism in Indian art. Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal playing an important role in bringing about these developments. B. C. Sanyal was raised by his mother and he often referred to her as his mother as the chief inspiration in his life and career as an artist. He shifted base to Delhi from Assam after India's independence and remained in the Indian capital for the rest of his life.
Background
Born in 1902 in Dhubri in Assam, he witnessed the Partition of Bengal in 1905, while still a child. Though tragedy struck early, when he lost his father at six year, and was brought up by his mother, who had penchant for making dolls, which shaped the sculptor in him
Education
Sanyal studied sculpture and painting under Percy Brown and J.P. Ganguly at the Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta (now Kolkata)
Career
In 1920, B. C. Sanyal joined the Serampore College of Art, where he spent the following six years practicing and teaching painting and sculpture. In 1929 he became the vice-principal of the Mayo School of Arts, Lahore (now known as National College of Arts). Then he set up The Lahore College of Art and taught here, till 1947.Bhabesh Sanyal took over as the head of the Art Department at Delhi Polytechnic (1953-1960), and the Department made a great headway. Later as the Secretary of the Lalit Kala Akademi (1960-69) he brought in great changes and endeavoured to enrich the activities of the Akademi and touched the lives of artists all over the country.