Career
Born in 1892 in the Indian state of Bihar, Kar did his primary learning of art under renowned Bengali painter, Nandalal Bose and Abanindranath Tagore, the nephew of Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. Later, he joined Vichitra Club, founded by the Tagore family, as a teacher of art In 1917, when Tagore set up Brahmacharyasrama, the precursor of later day Shantiniketan, he joined the institution and worked as an art teacher.
Two years later, he moved to Kala Bhavana of Tagore as a faculty member.
Surendranath Kar died in 1970 at the age of 78.
