Murtaja Baseer

Murtaja Baseer
মুর্তজা বশীর
Baseer in 1954
Born(1932-08-17)17 August 1932
Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died15 August 2020(2020-08-15) (aged 87)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting placeBanani Graveyard
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater
OccupationPainter
FatherMuhammad Shahidullah
RelativesMuhammad Takiullah (brother)
Awardsfull list

Murtaja Baseer (17 August 1932 – 15 August 2020) was a Bangladeshi painter and artist known for his abstract realism themed works.[1] He was also a poet, author, researcher, numismatist, and filmmaker.[2][3][4] Baseer was awarded the Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh's second highest civilian honor, in 1980, and the Swadhinata Padak, or Independence Day Award, Bangladesh's highest state award, in 2019.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Remembering Murtaja Baseer: The master of 'abstract realism'". The Daily Star. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Murtaja Baseer turns 80". The Daily Star. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Daily Star honours 25 scholars, nation builders". The Daily Star. 5 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. ^ Ahmed, Monwar (1993). Bhasha Andoloner Sochitro Dolil. Dhaka: Agamee Prokashani. pp. 90–91. ISBN 984-401-147-7.
  5. ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. ^ "13 to get Independence Award". The Daily Star. 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.