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DEATH-ANNIVERSARY-QAYYUM
Painter Qayyum Chowdhury’s death anniversary tomorrow
DHAKA, Nov 29, 2018 (BSS) – The fourth death anniversary of eminent
painter, journalist, cultural personality, educationist and Professor Qayyum
Chowdhury will be observed tomorrow.
Qayyum Chowdhury, one of the famous artists who played the role of
artistic excellence in publishing newspapers and books of the country. He
brought modernity and creativity cover of book.
He was born on March 9, 1932 in Feni. In 1949, he completed his
matriculation from Mymensingh City Collegiate School. He graduated from Dhaka
Art College (now Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) in 1954.
Chowdhury joined Dhaka Art College as a lecturer in 1957. He then took a
job at the newly established Design Centre to work under Quamrul Hassan.
Within a year, he joined the then Pakistan Observer, where he served as the
chief artist.
He also started working for the Observer group’s other publications namely
Chitrali, a cine magazine and Purbadesh, a news magazine. He went back to
Dhaka Art College in 1965.
Qayyum worked as journalist in several newspapers including Prothom Alo,
Sochitro Sandhani and Muldhara.
Moreover, he was promoted to the position of assistant professor in 1970,
to associate professor in 1986 and to professor in 1991. He retired from the
organization in 1994, but he kept teaching in the institute until 2002.
During the War of Liberation in 1971, he was the convener of ‘Charu Karu
Shilpi Songram Parishad’.
He was awarded ‘Ekushe Padak’ in 1984 and ‘Independence Day Award’ in 2014
by the Government of Bangladesh.
On 30 November 2014, Chowdhury fell sick while delivering his speech on the
fourth-day of Bengal Foundation organized classical music festival in
Bangladesh Army Stadium.
Later, he had been taken to Combined Military Hospital, where he was
declared dead.
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