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Abdus Shakoor | |
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 Abdus Shakoor in 2009 | |
| Born | 31 December 1947 Bogra district, East Bengal, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Abdus Shakoor (born 31 December 1947) is a Bangladeshi painter and calligrapher. [1]
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Abdus Shakoor | |
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| Abdus Shakoor in 2009 | |
| Born | 31 December 1947 Bogra district, East Bengal, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Abdus Shakoor (born 31 December 1947) is a Bangladeshi painter and calligrapher. [1]
Abdus Shakoor was born on 31 December 1947 in the Bogra district of Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[ citation needed ] His work focuses on ancestral and historical themes, following in the folk-tradition of Quamrul Hassan and Jamini Roy. [2] Common themes in Abdus Shakoor's paintings include Bengali folk motifs and ballads; the "Mahua" and "Malua" love stories [1] (two romantic folk ballads from Eastern Bengal, dating back to around the 17th century, collected by Dinesh Chandra Sen in the 1920s and published in his Eastern Bengal Ballads ) [3] as well as the Nakshi Kanthar Math . He has illustrated his works with folk-motifs. Peacock and parrots as well as elephants, bulls, cats, tigers, serpents and lizards feature prominently in his works. [1]
All of Abdus Shakoor's compositions are bordered with free-flowing thick brush lines. There is almost no hard line in the paintings. His style has been compared with European artists such as Piet Mondrian and Paul Klee.[ citation needed ]
He is chairman of the Craft Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dhaka University.
Among the awards Abdus Shakoor has won is a gold medal in the 15th National Art Exhibition at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, in 2002. [2]
