A Short Story About "Zainul Abedin'

                                   Zainul Abedin

Zainul Abedin was born at a village in kishoregonj in 1994. His father’s  name was jamir uddin. He was a police officer. He had a great thirst for drawing. For this reason, he got himself admitted into Calcutta Government Art college in 1933.  In 1938 he stood first class first from the college. In the same year he was awarded gold medal in all India Art Exhibition. He drew a lot of pictures  on famine of the second world war in  1939which earned world wide reputation for him . In 1948 he founded the Dhaka Art Institution. He was appointed principle in 1949of his institution. He retired from his institution in 1967. Zainul Abedin is considered the founding father of Bangladeshi Art. He was an artist of outstanding talent and earned international reputation. For this artistic and visionary qualities, he was referred to as shilpacharya meaning the great “Great Teacher Of Art “in Bangladesh. He designed the pages of the constitution of Bangladesh. He founded the folk art museum at Sonargaon, and also Zainul Abedin Shangrahashala ,  a gallery of his own works in Mymensing in 1975.He died in 1976.