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Qayyum Chowdhury Present PositionFreelance artist and graphic designer. Born in 1932 at Feni, Bangladesh. Education BFA, Govt. Institute of Arts, 1954 (presently Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) Awards 2000 : Sheltech Award, 1999 : Sultan Padak, 1994 : 6th Bangabandhu Award, 1986 : Ekushe Padak (Bangladesh's highest civilian award for contribution in the field of arts) 1983 : Leipzig Book Fair Prize for Book Illustration, 1977 : Shilpakala Academy Award, 1975 : Gold medal for contribution in book design, National Book Center, Dhaka, 1973 : Award in Silver Jubilee Exhibition, College of Art and Crafts, Dhaka, 1966 : Imperial Court Prize, Tehran Biennale, 1961 : 1st Prize for Painting, National Art Exhibition Lahore, Pakistan, 1988, 1982, 1981, 1979, 1978, 1975, 1970, 1966, 1964, 1963 : 1st Prize, Best Book Cover Design, National Book Center, 1995 & 1960 : 1st Prize, Railway Time-Table Cover Design, Positions held Taught at the Government Institute of Fine Arts (presently Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka), Bangladesh, for 37 years • Princeton University Deposit Catalog
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• Chowdhury, Qayyum (1932-2014) a famous Bangladeshi painter. He is the first generation painter of this country. He was the premier cover page artist of Bangladesh and his remarkable typography has become the cover art of numerous books in this country. He was equally popular as a painter. Qayyum Chowdhury was born on 9 May 1932 in Feni district. At that time, the aura of the family lineage of his ancestors ended, but education and cultural practices survived. Father Abdul Quddus Chowdhury sowed as inspector of cooperative department and later, he worked as an officer of Co-operative Bank. The name of his mother is Sarfunnisa Choudhurani. Qayyum Chowdhury’s father was close to many musicians including sachin dev burman. He had a family connection with Abdul Karim Sahityabisharad. Inspired by his father, Qayyum Chowdhury had developed of reading newspapers and books and listening music since childhood. These helped him shape his sense of aesthetics and tasteful mind. Due to his father’s transferable job, Qayyum Chowdhury has stayed in many parts of the country. Thus, young Qayyum enriched himself by seeing the nature and people of different parts of the country. He passed matriculation in 1949 from Mymensingh City Collegiate School. Shilpacharya zainul abedin established t |