Born
1938 Kolkata
Biography
Born in Calcutta, Milon took his diploma from the Government College of Art & Craft in the city of joy. He completed his Intermediate Arts with Special Bengali from the Calcutta University. Milon travelled widely during the 60’s and the 70’s through the Himalayas and Europe through Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden and England.
In 1972, he painted and held his first successful exhibition in Paris, the city of Art. He worked with the Times of India, Mumbai, for two decades as Artist / Illustrator. During 1976 – 78, Milon travelled through Kuwait, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, and that is when the Indo – German Society bestowed on him the Prof. Langhammer “Painter of the Year Award”. In 1980, the Government of Jammu & Kashmir invited him to participate in an “All Artists Camp” in Kashmir.
Milon’s creative talent extends to the literary sphere as well. Premier Bengali literary magazines have published many of his short stories, some of which have been translated into Hindi and English for the Illustrated Weekly of India, Dharmayug, Mirror, and the Indian Express. Select stories have been translated into Russian, Oriya, Malayalam, Kannada Telugu and Urdu as well. The University of Kerala has included one of his short stories in its syllabus. More than a dozen original novels in Bengali feature in his list of literary achievements.
During 2001 he travelled through Australia and painted his own “Fantasy : Indian Mythology” on invitation by Norton Gallery, Sydney. Milon’s paintings are part of several individual and corporate collections.
