Prokash Karmakar (1933 – 24 February 2014) was a pre-eminent artist from Kolkata, West Bengal. 
His work is in the permanent collection of a number of museums and galleries throughout India, including the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Karmakar is best known for his landscapes and nudes, which are generally painted in vibrant colours with bold lines and intricate textures.
His paintings reflect his perception and interpretation of nature (both orderly and chaotic), life (both rural and urban), and form (from soft to sharp), without reference to religion.
The Founder Member of Society of Contemporary Artist, Kolkata, 1961 and that of the Calcutta Painters group, he has received more than ten prestigious awards between 1957 and 1999, including the Lalit Kala Akademi National Award in 1968 and the Abanindra Puraskar Award in 1999.
Karmakar learnt painting from his father, artist-teacher Prahlad Karmakar, till the socio-political turmoil of the 1940s and his father’s early death put an end to it.
After his matriculation, Karmakar joined the Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta, but quit soon after, for reasons of poverty. He joined the army but absconded after two years, driven by his desire to paint.