Satish Chandra Sinha was born in Calcutta in 1893 and studied under Percy Brown and J.P. Gangooly at the Government College of Art, of which he later became principal.  Sinha followed the Western academic approach to art, placing an emphasis on perspective and realism in his work. 

Inspired by the paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, Sinha's strength lay in the rendering of the female figure.  Sinha shows an awareness and understanding of light and its ability to create form.

Satish Chandra Sinha was an Indian Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1894. Numerous key galleries and museums such as India Habitat Centre, Visual Arts Gallery have featured Satish Chandra Sinha's work in the past.Satish Chandra Sinha's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 984 USD to 18,080 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 18,080 USD for UNTITLED, sold at Sotheby's London in 2015. The artist died in 1964.