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Note and References
1. Abdul Matin, Zainul Abedin, (Dhaka 1978), 2.
2. Personal interview of Professor Zahurul Haque by the author, 10 July 2006 (Professor Zahurul Haque is
the younger brother of Zainul and former Professor of Philosophy Department of the Dhaka University.).
3. Op. cit., 2-3.
4. Interview of Professor Zahurul Haque, op. cit.
5. Syed Azizul Huq, ‘Zainul Abedin,’ A Saga of Man and Nature: The Art of Zainul Abedin, (Dhaka
2004), 12.
6. Interview of Professor Zahurul Haque, op. cit., but in the opinion of Abdul Matin the house of the
Akua Madrasah Quarter was built on the land owned by the father-in-law of Tamizuddin, (Abdul
Matin, op. cit., 2).
7. S. A. Huq, op. cit., 12.
8. Darji Abdul Wahab, Mymensingh Charitabhidhan, (Mymensingh 1989), 541-542. It should be
mentioned that a college was established in Kachijhuli in 1908 with the financial assistance of
Hamiduddin Ahmad, (ibid., 543).
9. ibid., 5 and various issues of the magazine Saurabh edited by Kedar Nath Majumdar published from
Mymensingh.
10. Artist Shashikumar Hesh learnt painting in Italy and Germany through the financial assistance of the
Zamindar of Mymensingh Suryakanta Acharya Chowdhury and Jahnabi Devi Chowdhurani. Besides this,
with the financial assistance of other Zamindars much development work was carried out in the field of
education and culture of Mymensingh (D. A. Wahab, op. cit., 226, 254, 255, 257, 461, 522 and 529).
11. Zahurul Haque, op. cit.
12. Loc. cit.
13. Loc. cit.
14. S. A. Huq, op. cit., 13.
15. Ibid., 8.
16. Nazrul Islam, ‘Zainul Abediner Shilpa Bhabna: Ekti Sakshatkar,’ Zainul Abedin: Tanr Kaj O Katha,
(Dhaka 2002), 27.
17. A. Matin, op. cit., 10.
18. Zahurul Haque, op. cit.
19. S. A. Huq, op. cit., 13.
20. Prashanta Kumar Bose, ‘Zainul Smriti,’ in Matlub Ali (ed.), Zainul Smriti, (Dhaka 1994), 67-68.
21. S. A. Huq has written that ‘He resided in this mess for more than half of his six year long (1932-1938)
student life. For the rest of the time, he arranged to stay in a separate rented room in Bandel Road [the
correct name is Bondel Road].’ [Trans.], op. cit., 13 and Prashanta Bose wrote, “. . . this room was
Zainul’s ‘studio.’ While passing through Bondel Road I saw Zainulda painting with full concentration
... I got acquainted with Zainulda some time between the years 1935-36.” [Trans.], Prashanta Bose,
op. cit., 67-68. It is notable that the artist Anwarul Haq had his paternal house in Bondel Road (Ibid.,
66) and Zainul would visit the house since he was a student of the third year. Zainul’s comments on
this subject, ‘When I was studying in the 3rd year, however, I began to eat at Anwar Sahib’s place’
(Nazrul Islam, op. cit., 102). Therefore it seems that from around the middle of his student life, he
lived in Bondel Road.
22. S. A. Huq, op. cit., 14. In this context the artist Kazi Abul Kasem wrote, ‘There was no dearth of skilful
patua-artists in the neighboring community of that time. But in Muslim society you hardly ever found
people of that kind. The few Muslims who wanted to paint pictures could not advance too far because
of religious prejudice and the fear of public criticism.’ (Kazi Abul Kasem, ‘Ek Swarnojjal Shilpir
Tirodhan,’ in Zainul Smriti, op. cit., 57).
23. Anisuzzaman, Muslim Manosh O Bangla Sahitya, (Calcutta 1999), 19.
24. Sovon Som, ‘Zainul Abedin,’ in Nayeem Hassan (ed.), Nirantar, Fourth Issue, (Dhaka, Srabon 1402
Bengali Year).
25. Faizul Azim, Bangladesher Shilpakalar Adiparba O Ouponibeshik Prabhab, (Dhaka 2000), 69.
26. James Wise, Purbobanger Bibhinna Jati, Barna O Peshar Bibaran, Tanslation: Fauzul Karim, (Dhaka
1998), 111.
27. Dr. Pradyat Ghosh, Banglar Lokshilpa, (Kolkata 2004), 83.