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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi artist (1936–2020)}}<br />
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|name=Abu Taher<br />
|native_name=আবু তাহের<br />
|native_name_lang=bn<br />
|birth_date=1936<br />
|occupation=Artist<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|alma_mater=[[University of Dhaka]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|2020|12|18|df=y|1936}}<br />
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
}}<br />
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'''Abu Taher''' (1936 – 18 December 2020)<ref name=arnei>{{Cite web|title=চিত্রশিল্পী আবু তাহের আর নেই|url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/second-edition/375495/চিত্রশিল্পী-আবু-তাহের-আর-নেই|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Jugantor|language=en}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi artist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=চলে গেলেন চিত্রশিল্পী আবু তাহের|url=https://www.deshrupantor.com/news-print/2020/12/19/265346|access-date=2020-12-28|website=দেশ রূপান্তর}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 1994.<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|title=একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=2020-12-27|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Taher earned his bachelor's from the [[Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka]] in 1963.<ref name=arnei/><br />
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Taher, as an expressionist painter, worked on large canvases. His work was dominated by strong whirling, thick colors, broken lines and various vague shapes and forms.<ref name=solo>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-27|title=Abu Taher's solo at Chitrak|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/abu-tahers-solo-chitrak-1611682|access-date=2020-12-28|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> A solo painting exhibition of him was held at Gallery Chitrak in [[Dhanmondi]] in July 2018.<ref name=solo/> <br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Bangladeshi painters]]<br />
[[Category:University of Dhaka Faculty of Fine Arts alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]</div>Bot