NARAIL, March 12, 2019 (BSS) – State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM
Khalid today said the arts and works of eminent artist Sheikh Mohammed
Sultan, commonly known as SM Sultan, will inspire new generation to get
involved in creative works and arts.
“When SM Sultan was alive, he passed an isolated life. But, when Sultan
died, he became popular among the people both in the country and abroad,” the
state minister said while addressing the concluding ceremony of the 10-day
Sultan Mela on Narail Government Victoria College ground here.
Chaired by Narail Deputy Commissioner Anjuman Ara, the ceremony was
addressed, among others, by Superintendent of Police Md Jasim Uddin, Painter
Mustafa Monwar, Principal of the college Professor Rabiul Islam and Narial
District Awami League President Adv Subhash Chandra Bose.
SM Sultan was a Bengali avant-garde artist who worked in painting and
drawing. His fame rests on his striking depictions of exaggeratedly muscular
Bangladeshi peasants engaged in the activities of their everyday lives.