Devdas Chakraborty | |
Birth Date: | 1933 |
Birth Place: | Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Spouse: | Saleha |
Devdas Chakraborty (– February 4, 2008) was a Bangladeshi artist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts in 1990.[1]
Chakraborty joined as a faculty member of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Chittagong in 1973.[2] After the death of his wife, he left his position at the university.[2]
Chakraborty began painting in oil and watercolor mediums. His initial works were figurative, and then in semi-abstracted and abstract. He later switched his interest to drawing and subsequently in printmaking.[1]
Chakraborty was married to Saleha. Together they had two sons, Gautam and Rousseau.[2]