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