Sunil Das was an Indian expressionist painter. He is known for the paintings in his Bull Series and his piece "Woman". In 2014 the Government of India conferred upon him its fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri. He was born on August 4, 1939 in Calcutta, India. He joined the Government College of Arts and Crafts , Calcutta in 1955, then won a  French Government Scholarship to study at the Ecole National des Beaux Arts in Paris. Later he joined Government service for the Ministry of textiles and since then continued art and official work simultaneously holding important positions like  Member of Purchase Committee for National Art Exhibition of 1979, and Miniature Format Exhibition of 1980, Jury for Hyderabad State Akademi, Committee member of 5th Triennale India in 1982 as also member of the General Council of the  Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.