Kalidas Karmakar

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]

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

Early life

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

References
  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. "'Alluvial Realization' solo painting exhibition by Kalidas Karmakar begins". The New Nation. December 6, 2015.
  4. "21 to receive Ekushey Padak this year". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  5. "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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