Bimal Dasgupta was born in Bengal in 1917. He studied at the Calcutta’s College of Arts and Crafts. The war interrupted his studies and he found himself working as a clerk in a war office where he was assistant art director for Victory magazine. After the war, he worked at Dhoomimal Gallery and later went on to teaching at College of Art, New Delhi for 14 years. His six month scholarship to Europe introduced him to mediums such as Gouache and Oils.
After an early reputation as a landscape painter, he briefly experimented with cubism from his tour across Europe and later dabbled in neo-tantrism, marking his abstract phase. He eventually turned towards pure abstraction through the use of watercolours and acrylic.
Gupta's works have been exhibited widely nationally and internationally. He also handled commissions for murals for the India pavilions at the International Trade Fairs in Moscow and Tokyo. Dasgupta was awarded the Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi in 1972. He passed away in 1995.