Zainul Abedin (Painter) documentary

Zainul Abedin was a Bangladeshi painter born in Kishoregonj, Bangladesh in 1914. He became well known in 1944 through his series of paintings depicting some of the great famines in Bengal during its British colonial period. After the Partition of Indian subcontinent he moved to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). In 1948, he helped to establish the Institute of Arts and Crafts (now Faculty of Fine Arts) at University of Dhaka. The Indian Express has described him as a legendary Bangladeshi painter. Like many of his contemporaries, his paintings on the Bengal famine of 1943 are viewed as his most characteristic works. His homeland honored him with given the title “Shilpacharya” “Great teacher of the arts for his artistic and visionary attributes.[ He was the pioneer of the modern art movement that took place
in Bangladesh and was rightly considered by Syed Manzoorul Islam as the founding father of
Bangladeshi modern arts, soon after Bangladesh earned the status of an independent republic.Much of his childhood was spent near the scenic banks of the Brahmaputra River. The
Brahmaputra would later appear in many of his paintings and be a source of inspiration all throughout his career. Many of his works framed Brahmaputra and a series of watercolors that Abedin did as his tribute to the river earned him the Governor's gold medal in an all-India exhibition in 1938. This was the first time when he came under spotlight and this award gave Abedin the confidence to create his own visual style.