Zainul Abedin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zainul Abedin

Bengali painter

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1914

Place of Birth: Kishoreganj District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 28-May-1976

Profession: painter, sculptor

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Zainul Abedin (29 December 1914 – 28 May 1976) was a Bengali painter.
He became well known in 1944 through his series of paintings depicting some of the great famines in India during its British colonial period.
After the Partition of Indian subcontinent he moved to Pakistan.
In 1948, he helped to establish the Institute of Arts and Crafts (now Faculty of Fine Arts) at University of Dhaka.
The Indian Express has described him as "A legendary Bangladeshi painter".
Like many of his contemporaries, his paintings on the Bengal famine of 1943 are viewed as his most characteristic works.
His homeland honored him with given the title Shilpacharjo (Bengali: ???????????) 'great teacher of the arts' for his artistic and visionary attributes.
He was the pioneer of the modern art movement that took place in Bangladesh and was rightly considered by Syed Manzoorul Islam as the founding father of Bangladeshi modern arts, soon after Bangladesh earned the status of an independent republic.