Overview
- Ruby General Hospital said Chowdhury died on Sunday morning at 10:15 a.m. after a prolonged battle with a rare blood cancer called a myeloproliferative neoplasm while receiving chemotherapy.
- He was admitted to the private hospital in southeast Kolkata on October 16 after developing a urinary tract infection that led to sepsis-related complications and was placed on ventilator support when his condition worsened.
- The hospital issued an official statement announcing his demise and confirmed his 14-month fight with the blood cancer and repeated hospitalisations for infection during treatment.
- Political and cultural leaders, including West Bengal chief ministers Suvendu Adhikari and Mamata Banerjee, issued tributes noting his stature as a national and Bengali cultural treasure and former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member.
- Chowdhury leaves a six-decade artistic legacy defined by strong linear drawing and distorted, expressive figures, plus roles as Rashtrapati Bhavan curator, Kala Bhavana teacher and founder of Charubasona to preserve his work and mentor younger artists.