A master print maker, Harendra Narayan Das was born on February 1st, 1921 in a small town called Dinajpur (now in Bangladesh). Haren Das got his training in Graphic Arts from Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata in 1944. After finishing his Diploma, he also got two years training in teaching, under Ramendranath Chakravarti from Government School of Art (GSA), Kolkata in 1946, where he also taught print making later for a year. Later he joined his Alma mater, Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata as a Lecturer in Graphics Department in 1951 where he continued to teach till 1981.

Haren Das published a book of Engravings titled 'Bengal Village in Wood' in 1950. His works have travelled in various solo shows as well as group exhibitions all over the world. He has received many prestigious honours including Abanindra Puraskar from Rabindra Bharti University (RBU), Kolkata in 1989.

Haren Das works, especially his woodcuts and engravings, captured rural, pastoral Bengal, or labourers and the farming community at work. Despite using restrain and economy, Das has managed to offer a glimpse of a Bengal that no longer exists.

In this print, he has depicted boats standing on the seashore, rendered with fluid, fine lines incised on to a metal sheet and transferred on the plain surface with the help of coloured ink.

Haren Das worked extensively on printmaking medium, worked as a teacher, and introduced line engraving and etching into the art curriculum of the Government College of Arts and Crafts, thus laying the foundation for print making and graphic art education in India.

Most of his work is a nostalgic reflection into a childhood and a youth spent at Dinajpur.