Bikash Bhattacharjee lost his father at a very early age. Bhattacharjee drew inspiration for his work from his early dreary days, were vivid images of his struggling - the crumbling walls of buildings and the multitudes of people living there - wove certain magic in his mind. His drawings form a fitting introduction to his paintings, revealing the predilection of the artist for forms: forms that are consistent in terms of tone rather than line. His subject is painted with faithfulness to detail, and invested with a sense of the dramatic. In 1963, he graduated from the Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship. He joined the same college as a professor in 1968.