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Zainul Abedin

Bangladeshi painter
Zainul Abedin, also known as Shilpacharya was a Bangladeshi painter. He became well known in 1944 through his series of paintings depicting some of the great famines in Bengal during its British colonial period. After the Partition of Indian... Wikipedia
Born: December 29, 1914, Kendua, India
Died: May 28, 1976 (age 61 years), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Children: 3
Spouse: Jahanara Abedin (m. 1946–1976)
Awards: Pride of Performance (1958) and Independence Award (1977)
Education: Government Art School, Kolkata; Slade School of Fine Art