Kazi Abdul Baset Explained

Kazi Abdul Baset
Birth Date:4 December 1935
Birth Place:Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Occupation:Painter

Kazi Abdul Baset (December 4, 1935 – May 23, 2002) was a Bangladeshi painter and art teacher. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1991 by the Government of Bangladesh.[1]

Education and career

Baset was born to Abdul Jalil and Nurjahan Begum. He passed his matriculation from Muslim Government High School in Dhaka in 1951. In 1956, he completed his bachelor's in fine arts from the Government Art Institute (later Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) in Dhaka.[1] With a Fulbright Fellowship he got higher training in painting at the Art Institute of Chicago University during 1963–1964. He then joined the head of Drawing and Painting Department of the Government Art Institute. He retired from the institute in 1995.[1]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Book: Islam, Sirajul . 2012 . Baset, Kazi Abdul. http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Baset,_Kazi_Abdul . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Huq. Syed Azizul. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.