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Kalidas Karmakar
Karmakar in 2016
Born(1946-01-10)10 January 1946
Died18 October 2019(2019-10-18) (aged 73)
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationGovernment College of Art & Craft
Known forprintmaking, painting

Kalidas Karmakar (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019)[1] was a Bangladeshi artist.[2] He specialized in viscosity printing.[3] He was awarded Shilpakala Padak (2016) and the Ekushey Padak (2018)[4] by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts.[5]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Karmakar completed a two-year pre-degree course at Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka. In 1969, he later graduated from Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata.[1] His first ever-major solo exhibition was held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery in August 1976. He worked with the English painter Stanley William Hayter.[3]

He died on 18 October 2019 at the age of 73.[6]

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kalidas Karmakar celebrates birth anniv with 2 solos". New Age. January 6, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Creative journey : Kalidas Karmakar's performance art at BNM". The Daily Star. January 13, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "'Alluvial Realization' solo painting exhibition by Kalidas Karmakar begins". The New Nation. December 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "21 to receive Ekushey Padak this year". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "BSA to confer Shilpakala Padak on July 20". The Daily Star. July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  6. ↑ Prominent artist Kalidas Karmakar dies at 73
  7. ↑ "Kalidas Karmakar to receive Sultan award". The Daily Star. January 28, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2017.

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