{
  "id": 16464167,
  "title": "Eminent painter Jogen Chowdhury dies at 87; Suvendu, Mamata pay tribute",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/eminent-painter-jogen-chowdhury-dies-at-87-suvendu-mamata-pay-tribute",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T11:05:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/eminent-painter-jogen-chowdhury-dies-at-87-suvendu-mamata-pay-tribute/article71623064.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Renowned Indian painter Jogen Chowdhury passed away at the age of 87 after a long battle with a rare blood cancer, his family and admirers announced. A former Trinamool Congress MP, Chowdhury had been receiving chemotherapy for myeloproliferative neoplasm, a rare form of cancer, for the past 14 months. He was admitted to Kolkata's Ruby General Hospital on October 16 and breathed his last at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday.\n\nChief Minister Suvendu Adhikari hailed Chowdhury as an artist of great stature, stating that his body of work will endure for centuries. Former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mourned the loss, calling him the pride of Bengal and India. Painter Samir Aich described the loss as a personal tragedy, noting that Chowdhury's death would leave a void in the world of art and culture.",
  "summary": "Eminent painter and former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Jogen Chowdhury died at a private hospital in Kolkata on Sunday morning at the age of 87. According to Hindustan Times, he had been battling blood cancer and was recently admitted to the hospital with a urinary tract infection, requiring ventilator support. While The Hindu reports he had been undergoing chemotherapy for the past 14 months for a myeloproliferative neoplasm, Hindustan Times states he had been undergoing chemotherapy for approximately 18 months since early 2025.\n\nChowdhury was born on February 16, 1939, in Faridpur, in present-day Bangladesh, and migrated to Kolkata during Partition. He graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft in Kolkata in 1960. Following his death, Suvendu Adhikari expressed condolences, noting that Chowdhury's works are displayed at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Writer Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay described him as an open-hearted person who had stopped leaving his home a year ago.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express - Lifestyle",
        "title": "Artist Jogen Chowdhury, known for blending tradition imagery with modern style, dies at 87",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/artist-jogen-chowdhury-known-for-blending-tradition-imagery-with",
        "published": "2026-10-25T06:57:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}