Abdus Shakoor (born 31 December 1947) is a Bangladeshi painter and calligrapher.[1]
Abdus Shakoor | |
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 Abdus Shakoor in 2009 | |
| Born | 31 December 1947 Bogra district, East Bengal, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Early life and career
editAbdus 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.
Legacy
editAmong 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c Takir Hossain (8 October 2008). "Ancient ballads on canvas". The Daily Star. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Abdus Shakoor Shah". Bengal Foundation.
- ^ Sen, Dinesh Chandra (1923). Eastern Bengal Ballads. Vol. 1. University of Calcutta. pp. 33–34, 56.
Further reading
edit- 45 artworks by or after Abdus Shakoor at the Art UK site
- "Abdus Shakoor Shah". Dhaka Art Center.
- Haq, Fayza (21 December 2003). "Light and shade: Of ballads and blues of Bangladesh, Abdus Shakoor's exhibition at Bradford". The Daily Star.
- "Our Talents". The Daily Star. 7 January 2005.
- "Shakoor's 2008 exhibitions in India". Dhaka Courier. 9 January 2009.
- Garcia, Cathy Rose A. (4 May 2009). "Exhibition Introduces Bangladeshi Art". The Korea Times.
- Hossain, Takir (28 October 2009). "Folk identity on Shakoor's canvas". The Daily Star.
- "Rural faces, universal tales". Dhaka Courier. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016.
- Hossain, Takir (29 December 2011). "Bengali Identity". The Daily Star.
- "Shakoor Reveals 'Bucolic-Bengal'". Dhaka Courier. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016.
- Hossain, Takir (9 October 2015). "Abdus Shakoor's solo exhibition begins today at Bengal Gallery". The Daily Observer. Dhaka.
- "Muse of Myths". Prothom Alo. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- "Shakoor depicts rural heritage on paintings". New Age. Dhaka. 13 October 2015.