SM Sultan is a famous painter of our country Bangladesh. He was born in Narail in 1923. His family were so poor. His family didn't have a lot of money. Sultan went to school for five years. But some days later, he went to work with his father to support his family.
As a child, Sultan loved drawing. He drew pictures of buildings, structures and other things. He was good at drawing. He wanted to at Calcutta Art College. But his family didn't have the money. In 1938, he got the money and he went to the Calcutta Art College. He stayed there for three years and then he left. He travelled around Asia and Europe and painted rivers, trees, villages and its people. Then he came back to Bangladesh as a master painter. He painted pictures of the farmers and fishermen of Bangladesh.
People around the world know about Sultan and his paintings. He exhibited his paintaings along with the famous painters , Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali.
Sultan love children. He established 'Nandankanon' and 'Shishuswargo' for children. Here they could get some education and learn painting. Every year, there is a Sultan Fair in Narail. He died in 1994 at a hospital in Jessore.