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MNA Feature Desk: Today is the 93rd birth anniversary of world renowned artist SM Sultan. In observance of the occasion, SM Sultan Foundation and Narail district administration have chalked out a daylong program at Sultan Smriti Sangrahasala.
He was declared the Man of Asia in 1982 by Cambridge University and Bangladesh government declared him a resident of artist in 1984. He joined the International Conference of Painters in America in 1950 as the representative of the then Pakistan government.
The legendary artist Sultan’s paintings have been exhibited alongside masters such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, George Braque, Paul Klee and others.
He was awarded with an Ekushey Padak (1982) for his outstanding contribution to the cultural movement and Independence Award (1993) by the Bangladesh Government. According to art critics, Sultan was perhaps the most enigmatic painter of Bangladesh in contemporary times.
