 At Slade School of Art Mukul Dey was a student of Professor Henry Tonks.According to the Polish sculptor Stanislaw Szukalski, when Mukul was in America, 
he showed Szukalski his drawings, which impressed the artist.He then told Szukalski of his desire to venture into Paris, to "finish his study", despite the extreme disapproval of this decision by Mukul's mentor, Tagore.