death_date birth_place awards birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
1970 bihar , india padma shri 1892 1917-1990 surendranath kar
 surendranath kar artist , architect
surendranath kar

surendranath kar -lrb- 1892-1970 -rrb- was an indian artist and architect , known for amalgamating the indian architectural style with western and eastern styles of architecture .
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 .
kar , who was a companion of tagore in many of his overseas visits , used the exposure he received to western and eastern architecture , to evolve his own style and , later , designed many buildings for shantiniketan .
the government of india honoured him in 1959 , with the award of padma shri , the fourth highest indian civilian award for him services to the nation .
surendranath kar died in 1970 at the age of 78 .
