Nitya Gopal Kundu, widely known as Nitun Kundu, was a painter, designer, sculptor, and industrialist. Born in Dinajpur on December 3, 1935, Nitun Kundu completed his graduation in art in 1959 from Dhaka’s Government College of Art and Craft (now Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka). In the years leading up to 1971, he worked at the United States Information Service (USIS) in Dhaka designing exhibitions and visual materials. In 1975, following a brief stint at Bitopi advertising agency, Kundu established his own company, a furniture company Otobi, featuring his designs. He was part of the abstract art movement that dominated the art scene in the 1960s. He held four solo exhibitions in Dhaka (1965, 1966), Chittagong (1966) and Rajshahi (1968). He also participated in many national and international art exhibitions from 1956 to 2001. His creativity flowed in many directions, including furniture design and outdoor sculpture. He is well known for his early abstract composition he used to develop with metal. Among the sculptures in public places two of the most enduring symbols are “Mother and child” (1975) and “Sabash Bangladesh” (1992), a Liberation War memorial at Rajshahi University. Nitun Kundu received Ekushey Padak in 1997. His last participation in a group event was in June 2006 at the Dhaka Art Camp at Savar, organized by Bengal Foundation. He died of old age complications on September 15, 2006.