Qayyum chowdhury biography template
Qayyum Chowdhury
Bangladeshi painter (–)
Qayyum Chowdhury | |
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Chowdhury in | |
| Born | ()9 March Feni, Bengal Presidency, British&#;India |
| Died | 30 November () (aged&#;82) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Known&#;for | Painting, book design and illustration |
| Awards | Ekushey Padak () |
Qayyum Chowdhury (9 March – 30 November )[1][2] was a Bangladeshi painter.
Along with Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan and Safiuddin Ahmed, he is considered as a first generation artist of Bangladesh.[3] He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in and the Independence Day Award in by the Government of Bangladesh.[4][5]
Early life
Chowdhury was born on 9 March in Feni.
Qayyum chowdhury biography template The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh. Qayyum Chowdhury's "Boat" is a captivating pen and ink drawing that showcases the artist's mastery of line and form. Durjoy Bangla. The sun, depicted as a fiery orb, casts long shadows across the landscape, creating a sense of depth and perspective.His father, Abdul Quddus Chowdhury, came from a landlord family and was a cooperative-bank official. Because of transferring job, Chowdhury lived in Chittagong, Comilla, Narail, Sandwip, Noakhali, Feni, Faridpur and Mymensingh in his boyhood.[6] His uncles, Mohtasambillah Chowdhury and Aminul Islam Chowdhury were writers.[7] In , he completed his matriculation from Mymensingh City Collegiate School.[6] He graduated from Dhaka Art College (now Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) in [2]
Career
Chowdhury joined Dhaka Art College as a lecturer in [2] He then took a job at the newly established Design Centre to work under Quamrul Hassan.
Within a year he joined the then Pakistan Observer where he served as the chief artist. He also started working for the Observer group's other publications namely Chitrali, a cine magazine and Purbadesh, a news magazine.[7] He went back to Dhaka Art College in [2] He was promoted to the position of assistant professor in , to associate professor in and to professor in [6] He retired from the organization in but he kept teaching in the institute until [6]
Works
Chowdhury's early work include "My Sister" (oil painting, ), "Pawnbroker" (oil painting, ), "Boat in Moonlight" (watercolor, ) and Self-portrait (oil painting, ).[6] His later work were "Boat" (pen and ink, ), "Setting Sun" (pen and ink, ), "Secret Talk" (acrylic, ) and "Worried" (acrylic, ).[8] He held four solo exhibitions.[9][10]
Chowdhury began designing book covers by working on Zahir Raihan's book "Shesh Bikeler Meye".[2] He designed the cover of Shamsur Rahman (poet)'s first poetry collection, Prothom Gaan Dwityo Mrittyur Agey, and several books of Syed Shamsul Haque.[2]
Chowdhury was a member of Bangladesh Bank's currency note design committee and mural committee and designed several currency notes in circulation.[2]
Chowdhury had been involved with daily Prothom Alo since its inception in [2] He was the convenor of the Charu Karu Shilpi Songram Parishad during the liberation war in [11]
Awards
Personal life and death
In , Chowdhury married Tahera Khanum, (–) an artist who was one of the first four girls to get admitted to the Art College in [7] Together they had a son Moinul Islam Zaber.[13]
On 30 November , Chowdhury fell sick while delivering his speech on the fourth-day of Bengal Foundation organized classical music festival in Bangladesh Army Stadium.
He had been taken to Combined Military Hospital, where he was declared dead.[2][14]
Documentary on Qayyum Chowdhury
A documentary film on the life and work of Qayyum Chowdhury was directed and scripted by Fahmida Akhter (as "Fahmida Munni") in entitled "Nishorger Ankiey" (, Ode to Nature&#;: Portrait of an Artist), produced by Bengal Foundation.
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