Born in Calcutta. Is brought up in the family’s ancestral home in Behrampur (in present day Murshidabad district of West Bengal) as his father is employed with the British colonial government and has to frequently move between the empire’s new capital, New Delhi, and its summer capital, Shimla. Growing up in the natural surroundings of Behrampur, Das Gupta develops a lifelong love for nature and landscapes, both of which would go on to be his leitmotif in his long career as an artist, irrespective of experimentations with genres and styles. He is known to have said, ‘As a young boy, nature was my greatest joy: the clean water of the river Ganges, the blue sky, green fields, various creepers and flowers. It all had a great impact on me. I was, as is said, born and brought up in the lap of nature. That prompted me to paint nature and till date I am doing just that.’