Qayyum Chowdhury

Qayyum Chowdhury
কাইয়ুম চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 1960
Born(1932-03-09)9 March 1932
Feni, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died30 November 2014(2014-11-30) (aged 82)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Known forPainting, book design and illustration
AwardsEkushey Padak (1984)

Qayyum Chowdhury (9 March 1932 – 30 November 2014)[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 1984 and the Independence Day Award in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Qayyum Chowdhury's 79th birthday celebration". The Daily Star. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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  3. ^ "Qayyum Chowdhury". The Daily Star. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Independence Day Award" (PDF). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 September 2016.