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is created we will establish an Art School after we go to Dhaka.” [Trans.], Aminul Islam,
Bangladesher Shilpa Andoloner Panchash Bachhar, (Dhaka 2003), 24-25. In the words of Artist
Quamrul Hassan, ‘Nearly every evening we had a meeting at the residence of Salimullah Fahmi Saheb
... . At that age I was not capable of understanding all the complications, I only understood that
Pakistan would be created and an Art School must be established in Dhaka.’ [Trans.], S. A. Huq,
Quamrul Hassan: Jiban O Karma, op. cit., 59.
78. N. Islam, op. cit., 76.
79. To formally introduce Zainul to the students and teachers of the Dhaka University in January 1948
along with a discussion by Zainul an exhibition was arranged with 14 Famine sketches at the Fazlul
Haque Hall. Besides this, on the advise of the Provincial Health Minister, Habibullah Bahar
Chowdhury on the occasion of the 1st Independence Day of Pakistan in 14 August 1948 an exhibition
was organized at the Governor’s House featuring 100 posters executed by Abedin with the assistance
of Quamrul Hassan on the subject of the Muslim conquest of Delhi to the establishment of Pakistan
by Jinnah. The main intention behind these deeds was to present Zainul’s merit and the importance of
art to the higher circle of the Government and important persons. For detailed information on this
subject, vide, S. A. Huq, Zainul Abedin, op. cit., 17-18.
80. S. A. Huq, ibid., 18.
81. Loc. cit.
82. “In 1950 under the leadership of Zainul Abedin the ‘Dhaka Art Group’ was formed. While preparing
for the exhibition this group created a widespread response among the educated and conscious
citizens,” [Trans.] loc. cit.
83. S. Amjad Ali, Painters of Pakistan, (Islamabad 2000), 37-38.
84. Ibid., 36, 38.
85. S. A. Huq, op. cit., 18. In this context the world renowned critic Erich Newton has written, ‘. . . in
these . . . an unprecedented integration of the east and the west has occurred.’ N. Islam, op. cit., 13.
86. S. A. Huq, op. cit. In this context Nisar Hossain has written, ‘. . . Another special event was his travels
in Europe (1951-52). Probably this was the first time he could comprehend the appreciation of his own
dress [identity].’ [Trans.]. Prasanga, op. cit., 12.
87. In this context Zainul said, ‘The movement of the people for the language of the Bengalis, for the culture
of the Bengalis perhaps also influenced me subconsciously ...’ [Trans.], N. Islam, op. cit., 29.
88. Ibid., 17.
89. After the Art Institute was moved to Segun Bagicha, in 1954 for the first time an exhibition of folk art
was held in this country. After this the Art Institute moved to its own building in Shahbag and in the
year 1958 for the second time a folk art exhibition was organized. S. A. Huq, op. cit., 20.
90. N. Islam, op. cit., 106.
91. In an interview given in 1974 Zainul said, ‘. . . most artists of this trend went abroad at a somewhat
immature age . . . the movements of painting that they saw, were transfixed in their eyes . . . the more
mature they will become, . . . they will be able to know their own heritage and their own people and
will also be able to depict them in their painting,’ N. Islam, ibid., 30.
92. Ibid., 31.
93. Ibid., 18-19.
94. Asok Bhattacharya, Kalchetanar Shilpi, (Kolkata 2003), 28.
95. S. A. Huq, op. cit., 22.
96. A. Bhattacharya, op. cit., 28.
97. Aare latai patachitra. In this type of patachitra the stories are drawn and exhibited horizontally. Dr.
Dipak Kumar Bara Ponda, Patua Samskriti Parampara O Paribartan, (Calcutta 1999), 48.
98. A. Bhattacharya, op. cit., 30.
99. This kind of art has been defined as, ‘Interactive Art: work of art intended for the viewer’s direct
participation,’ in Uta Grosenick and Burkhard Riemschneider (eds.), Art Now, (London 2000), 561.
100. This kind of art has been defined as, ‘Installation: a work of art that integrates the exhibition space as
an aesthetic component,’ loc. cit.
101. N. Islam, op. cit., 47, 79.
102. In 1959 he was awarded the medal Hilal-I-Imtiaz by the Pakistan Government. S. A. Huq, op. cit., 21;
in February 1971 in Mymensingh while delivering a speech at a public meeting, he announced his
rejection of this award. N. Islam, op. cit., 80.