Suhas Roy was a versatile painter who was born in Bangladesh. He studied painting at the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Calcutta, followed by graphic arts at the Atelier 17 Ecole Superior Des Beaux Arts, Paris. He taught painting at Kala Bhavan and worked as the head of the Department of Painting at Santiniketan. Roy’s works are fixated with the female face and form, and his characters are romanticised, dwelling the dreamlike world between sensuality and honesty. His work is usually inspired by life around him, but his themes are as much influenced by the everyday world as they are rooted in fantasy.