Abu Taher | |
Native Name: | আবু তাহের |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Date: | 1936 |
Occupation: | Artist |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Abu Taher (1936 – 18 December 2020)[1] was a Bangladeshi artist.[2] He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the government of Bangladesh in 1994.[3]
Taher earned his bachelor's from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka in 1963.[1]
Taher, as an expressionist painter, worked on large canvases. His work was dominated by strong whirling, thick colors, broken lines and various vague shapes and forms.[4] A solo painting exhibition of him was held at Gallery Chitrak in Dhanmondi in July 2018.[4]