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|name=Aminul Islam<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1931|11|7}}<br />
|birth_place=Tetia village, [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|alma_mater=[[University of Dhaka]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|2011|7|8|1931|11|7|df=y}}<br />
|awards=[[#Awards|full list]]<br />
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'''Aminul Islam''' (7 November 1931 – 8 July 2011) was a Bangladeshi artist.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Islam, Aminul|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Islam,_Aminul |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam|editor2-last=Rita |editor2-first=Vadreshu|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> He was a part of Bangladesh modern art movement in 1950s. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1981 and [[Independence Day Award]] in 1988 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Education and career==<br />
[[File:Mohammad, Aminul, Rashid and Qayyum.jpg|thumb|right|(from left) [[Mohammad Kibria]], Islam, [[Rashid Choudhury]] and [[Qayyum Chowdhury]] (1959)]]<br />
Islam studied in Mahuttuli Primary School in [[Dhaka]].<ref name=modernist>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-108566|title=Aminul Islam: A modernist and experimental painter|date=2009-10-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-15|language=en}}</ref> During his study at [[Armanitola Government High School|Armanitola High School]], he started copying Japanese and Chinese art.<ref name=modernist/> He passed his matriculation in 1947.<ref name=modernist/> Then he went to Calcutta Art College for admission but he decided to get admitted as the first batch student to a newly established Dhaka Art School (now [[Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka]]), founded by [[Zainul Abedin]] in 1948. He graduated in 1953 and then, with an Italian government scholarship, he completed advanced studies in [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze]] in Florence during 1953–1956.<ref name=bpedia/> Several solo exhibitions of his works were held in [[Rome]] and [[Florence]]. After moving back to Dhaka in 1956, his first solo exhibition was held at the Press Club.<ref name=modernist/><br />
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Islam then joined as a faculty member in the Institute of Fine Arts in Dhaka. He became the principal of the institute in 1978. He retired in 1983.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Works==<br />
Ten murals designed by Islam are set in Dhaka including the following:<br />
* The interior of old [[Bangladesh Bank]] building (1968)<br />
* The mosaic mural on the front wall of Osmani Hall (1984),<br />
* the 20 X 20 feet mural at the entrance of the [[Janata Bank]] Head Office in [[Motijheel]] (1986)<br />
* 84 X 15.1 feet mural at the terrace of the 32 storied Bangladesh Bank building (1996)<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1981)<br />
* [[Independence Day Award]] (1988)<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1931 births]]<br />
[[Category:2011 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi artists]]<br />
[[Category:University of Dhaka Faculty of Fine Arts alumni]]<br />
[[Category:University of Dhaka faculty]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]</div>Bot