Two years of Qayyum Chowdhury’s demise

Yesterday marked the second death anniversary of Qayyum Chowdhury—one of the country’s most distinguished painters, who died on November 30 in 2014 after falling unconscious on the stage while addressing ‘Bengal Classical Music Festival’ at the Bangladesh Army Stadium. 

Qayyum Chowdhury was born on March 9, 1932 in an educated and aristocratic family of Feni, Noakhali. Qayyum Chowdhury was a student of the second batch of Dhaka Government Art Institute (established in 1948). His teachers Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan, Saifuddin Ahmed and others had a huge influence on him.  He joined Dhaka Government Art Institute as a teacher in 1957 and worked until 1960. Then he joined the Design Center as a designer for a year. He took the position of the chief artist Observer group of publications. 
Major foreign exhibitions where he participated are: Exhibition of Nine Artists of East Pakistan in Washington(1957),5th Teheran Biennale(1966), Art Exhibition of the 3rd International Trade Fair in Delhi(1972), third and fourth Triennales in Delhi(1975 and 1978)in Graphic Print Exhibition in East Germany(1977), São Paulo International Biennnale(1979), first Asian Graphic Designing Exhibition in Teheran(1979), Contemporary Asian Painting Festival in Fukuoka(1983),Contemporary Art Exhibition of Bangladesh held in India, Japan, Beijing, Harare and Moscow (1973,1988,1989,1990 and 1994 respectively) etc. 

Two years of Qayyum Chowdhurys demise

Yesterday marked the second death anniversary of Qayyum Chowdhuryone of the countrys most distinguished painters, who died on November 30 in 2014 after falling unconscious on the stage while addressing Bengal Classical Music Festival at the Bangladesh Army Stadium. Qayyum Chowdhury was born on March 9, 1932 in an educated and aristocratic family of Feni, Noakhali. Qayyum Chowdhury was a student of the second batch of Dhaka Government Art Institute (established in 1948). His teachers Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan, Saifuddin Ahmed and others had a huge influence on him. He joined Dhaka Government Art Institute as a teacher in 1957 and worked until 1960. Then he joined the Design Center as a designer for a year. He took the position of the chief artist Observer group of publications. Major foreign exhibitions where he participated are: Exhibition of Nine Artists of East Pakistan in Washington(1957),5th Teheran Biennale(1966), Art Exhibition of the 3rd International Trade Fair in Delhi(1972), third and fourth Triennales in Delhi(1975 and 1978)in Graphic Print Exhibition in East Germany(1977), So Paulo International Biennnale(1979), first Asian Graphic Designing Exhibition in Teheran(1979), Contemporary Asian Painting Festival in Fukuoka(1983),Contemporary Art Exhibition of Bangladesh held in India, Japan, Beijing, Harare and Moscow (1973,1988,1989,1990 and 1994 respectively) etc.