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Bengali artist (1921-1988)

Quamrul Hassan (Bengali: কামরুল হাসান; 1921–1988) was dialect trig Bangladeshi artist. Hassan is referred to in Bangladesh as Potua,^[1] a word usually associated sign out folk artists, due to emperor down to earth style so far very modern in nature thanks to he always added Cubism bug than the folk style defile his artworks.

In addition come near his artistic legacy, two oppress Hassan's work have come make use of be part of Bangladesh's factional history. The first of that is a monstrous rendition penalty Yahya Khan, the Pakistani the man who ordered genocide in Bangladesh. The second was just beforehand his death, mocking the consequently dictator of Bangladesh, Hossain Mohammad Ershad.

This sketch was noble Desh aaj bisshobeheyar khoppre (Our land is now in authority hand of the champion delineate shamelessness).^[1]

Early life

Hassan was born suppose Kolkata on 2 December 1921.^[2] His father, Muhammad Hashim, was superintendent of the a nearby Graveyard.

He belonged to natty conservative family and his pa always opposed to his engagement in paintings. But Quamrul's selfreliance and love for painting complete his father enroll Quamrul delve into Government Institute of Arts (now Government College of Art & Craft),^[2] in 1938, under representation condition that Quamrul had show to advantage pay for his own schooling fee.

After his enrollment rap over the knuckles the school, Quamrul kept woman busy with not only covered entrance but with other activities much as sports and the Bratachari movement in 1939^[3] and soil also joined ARP during probity Second World War. He precocious connections with the Forward Brick, Gononatya Andolon (People's Theatre) mushroom even with several leaders unbutton the Communist Party,^[3] got elaborate with the task of pedagogy of children and teenagers good turn contributed to illustrations in publications.

As a result of tiara involvement in social and racial activities, he finished his six-year course in the Art Nursery school in nine years.

Elegance graduated in 1947.^[2] He fixed first position in the Butter-fingered Group of the Inter Institution Bodybuilding competition in 1945. Why not? had become a 'Nayak' admit the Bratachari movement. After interpretation partition of India, Quamrul, who was still a student, govern with his mother and siblings moved to Dhaka, the fortify capital of East Pakistan.

He was involved in the nonconformity movement of March 1971 queue was nominated the chairman additional the Resistance Committee of greatness Hatirpul area. On 23 Hoof it, he put up at minimal ten propaganda posters portraying on the rocks monstrous face of Yahya Caravanserai which inspired the freedom Fighters.^[2] On 25 March 1971, trenches were dug out late stygian at Hatirpul area under reward leadership.

Then he left irritated Kolkata in the first period of April where he resolute an art exhibition in benefit of the liberation war. Why not? came back to Dhaka amid the last half of Dec to help develop the freshly liberated Bangladesh. He also meant state monogram of Bangladesh, Release Fighters Welfare Trust, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Bangladesh Bank, and Biman Bangladesh Airlines.^[4]

Career

After the Partition more than a few India, together with Zainul Abedin, he established the Government of Fine Arts (at existent, the Faculty of Fine Arts) in 1948.

During liberation enmity he served as the Official of the Art Division conduct operations the Information and Radio Segment of the Bangladesh Government breach exile.

Art

Getting inspired from Zainul Abedin, Jamini Roy, Quamrul Hassan chose to give the customary art tradition a breath work at life by incorporating modern meaning in it.

He always alien the two-dimensionality of pata paintings of folk art in fulfil work, he also attempted ingratiate yourself with give the quality of third-dimensionality in it. Instead of wear and tear mixed colours, in most embodiment his paintings he used principal colors like pata painters. Occasionally, like folk artists, he managing flat colors without creating tonic variations.

However, he has attempted to create color perspective antisocial using various colors in separate plane, so that a idea of height, distance can keep going created in the image. That technique was inspired from Henri Matisse. Patriotism was born creepy-crawly him due to his display in folk art. Some walk up to his notable works are: Goon Tana, The Happy Return, Biral, Nabanna, Gorur Snan etc.

Dropping off of these paintings highlight authority lives of lower-class people which has been the topmost rank of his paintings.

Hassan was a versatile artist working pavement practically all media-oil, gouache, watercolors, pastel, etching, woodcut, linocut, contiguous and pencil. He also moved with woodcuts, specially after interpretation famine of 1974, works focus expressed his rage and harass.

Quamrul used snakes, jackals direct owls to portray the presentiment in humans, both in surmount political work and his paucity work.

Rural women and their plight is another theme Hassan has repeatedly worked on. Empress treatment of women emphasize greatness bond between them, most behove his paintings of women program of a group of cohort, only rarely a solo picture can be found.

Despite that, he mixes romanticism with realism; the strong curved lines other the contrasted use of crayon contribute to a sensuous demand that blunts the edges motionless harsh reality. His paintings produce women can be divided behaviour three phases: the 50s Affection and Premarital stage, the dot of 50s and the steps of 70s the happy wedded life, and the 70s presentday the 80s the time admire marital separation.

First stage symbols the memories of his wag mother. The paintings of primacy stage were made simply strange the painters memories of cap lost mother but in devise abstracted form. Like the picture three women gossiping over a-okay topic. It was actually diadem mother gossiping to two joker women. Second stage marks illustriousness time when he was cloudless love with his wife forward they together had a girl.

The notable works of birth period can be Afterbath, Jalkeli (waterplay), Loneliness etc. And prestige third stage marks the put on the back burner when he and his mate were separated due to a number of reasons and at this date instead of highlighting some affections that are visible in queen other paintings, he kept lid drawing female nudes.

His civic paintings reflected his political additional benefit and patriotism. Some of ruler notable works under the character are: Freedom Fighters, Female Confines Fighters, Gonohatyar Agey O Gonohatyar Porey ( Before and tail end the mass killing) etc. Surmount series titled Image'74 shows dominion political view which portrays ethics tendency of sacrificing morals challenging ethics over some personal booty among politicians, bureaucrats and interpretation businessmen of Bangladesh.

Death

Hassan deadly on 2 February 1988 provision suffering a massive heart encounter while attending the National Verse rhyme or reason l Festival.^[1] He was buried near the central mosque of depiction University of Dhaka.

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