He made use of various mediums and materials such as wood, metal, terracotta and stone His formal training included a representational style, but his chain of thought drifted off into a more abstract state His abstract landscapes depict his love for nature and the atypical style of art Kar taught at the University of Calcutta and the Delhi Polytechnic and later in 1946 moved to London where he became a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors He returned to West Bengal in 1956 and was then elected as Principal of the Government College of Art & Craft In 1974 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, by the government of India He was also bestowed upon with France's highest civilian honour in 2000 Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary was named after the sculptor He passed away in 2005