Qayyum Chowdhury

Qayyum Chowdhury
কাইয়ুম চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 1960
Born(1932-03-09)9 March 1932
Feni, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died30 November 2014(2014-11-30) (aged 82)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Known forPainting, book design and illustration
AwardsEkushey Padak (1984)

Qayyum Chowdhury (9 March 1932 – 30 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi painter. Along with Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan and Safiuddin Ahmed, he is considered as a first generation artist of Bangladesh. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1984 and the Independence Day Award in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh.

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