List of paintings by Zainul Abedin explained

This list of paintings by the Bengali painter Zainul Abedin is incomplete.[1]

ImageTitleYearTechniqueDimensionsCollectionNotes
Dumka Forest 1934 Watercolour on paper 37 × 28  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Study: Village Pathway 1934 Watercolour on paper 28 × 22.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Zoo Study 1935 Watercolour on paper -×-  cm -
Harvesting 1938 Oil on canvas -×-  cm -
Famine 1943 Watercolour on paper 38 × 29.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Tea Stall 1943 Oil on canvas 57.5 × 75  cm
Waiting 1943 Watercolour on paper 37 × 56  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Angling 1946 Watercolour on paper 57.5 × 77.5  cm Jahanara Abedin
40/2 Abdul Hadi Lane 1948 Oil on board 26.5 × 19  cm Jahanara Abedin
Harvest 1948 Watercolour on paper 57.5 × 77.5  cm Jahanara Abedin
Reading 1948 Oil on board 26.5 × 19  cm Jahanara Abedin
Still Life 1948 Oil on canvas 76 × 56  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Dumka 1940s Oil on board 23 × 33  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Dumka 1940s Oil on board 23 × 33  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 29 × 38.5  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 28 × 38  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 28 × 38  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 28 × 38  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 38 × 28.5  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 28 × 38  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 37 × 27  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 38 × 28  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 28 × 38  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 28 × 38  cm Abul Khair
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 25.5 × 38  cm Jahanara Abedin
Dumka 1940s Watercolour on paper 28.5 × 38.5  cm Jahanara Abedin
Dumka Landscape 1940s Oil on board 19.5 × 32.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Dumka Landscape 1940s Oil on board 19.5 × 32.5  cm Jahanara Abedin
Girl in the Garden 1940s Watercolour on paper 72 × 64.5  cm Abul Khair
Hut 1940s Watercolour on paper 13.5 × 28.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Portrait 1940s Oil on board 24 × 16.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Santal Landscape 1940s Watercolour on paper 38 × 28  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Silent Trio 1940s Watercolour on paper 29 × 39  cm Jahanara Abedin
Santhal Maidens Oil -×-  cm -
After Fishing 1950 Watercolour on paper 57 × 77.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Kalboishakhi 1950 Watercolour on paper 57 × 75  cm Bangladesh National Museum
After Bathing 1951 Watercolour on paper 68 × 41.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Crossing the Moyurakhhi 1951 Watercolour on paper 57 × 75.5  cm Jahanara Abedin
Mother and Child 1951 Tempera on paper 54.5 × 26  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Mother and Child 1951 Tempera on paper 53 × 34.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Rebel Cow 1951 Watercolour on paper 58.5 × 76  cm -
Santal Couple 1951 Watercolour on paper 68.5 × 54.5  cm Jahanara Abedin
Santal Man and Woman 1951 Watercolour on paper 58.4 × 73.7  cm
Santal Women 1951 Watercolour on paper 81.5 × 67  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Two Santhal Women 1951 Watercolour on paper73.7 × 58.5  cm -
Waiting for the Ferry to Cross the Brahmaputra 1951 Watercolour on soft-board paper 34 × 52  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Woman 1951 Tempera on paper 50.5 × 14.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Woman with a Pitcher 1951 Watercolour on paper 54 × 41  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Beauty Regime / Women Dressing Hair 1953 Oil on paper 51 × 36  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Face of a Woman 1953 Gouache on paper 26.5 × 20  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Family 1953 Watercolour on paper 70 × 38  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Mother and Child 1953 Watercolour on paper 29 × 23  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Painyar Ma 1953 Gouache on paper 32 × 23  cm -
Peasant 1953 Watercolour on paper 30.5 × 18  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Reflecting 1953 Tempera on paper 37.5 × 27  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Snake Charmers 1953 Tempera on paper 34.5 × 17  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Three Women 1953 Tempera on paper 38 × 28  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Two Sisters 1953 Gouache on paper 29 × 23  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Woman 1953 Tempera on paper 45.5 × 29  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Struggle 1954 Tempera on masonite board 60 × 243  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Towing Boat 1955 Gouache on paper 25 × 35  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Untitled (Two Children) 1955 Watercolour on paper 21 7/8 × 24 5/8 in. (55.6 × 62.5 cm.) The private collection of late Elizabeth Lindsey [2]
Urban House 1955 Oil on paper 32.5 × 51  cm Abul Khair
Foreign Land 1956 Watercolour on paper 35.5 × 28  cm -
In the Streets 1956 Watercolour on paper 30 × 24.5  cm -
On the Coast 1956 Watercolour on paper 28 × 35.5  cm -
Generations 1957 Oil on canvas 43 × 68.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Manhattan 1957 Watercolour on paper 35.5 × 28  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Near Niagara Falls 1957 Watercolour on paper 36 × 31  cm -
Rural Landscape 1957 Watercolour on paper 38 × 50  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Levelling the Ploughed Field 1959 Watercolour on paper 58 × 75  cm Bangladesh National Museum
The Struggle 1959 Oil and tempera on masonite board 155 × 627  cm -
Angling 1950s Watercolour on paper 57 × 77.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Boats on the Hily River 1950s Watercolour on paper 56 × 76  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Chittagong Hill Tracts 1950s Watercolour on paper 56 × 76  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Chittagong Hill Tracts 1950s Watercolour on paper 56 × 76  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Damsel 1950s Oil on board 53 × 46  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Dignity of Labour 1950s Oil on paper 56 × 38  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Face of a Woman 1950s Gouache on board 70 × 54  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Farmer with His Cow 1950s Watercolour on paper on board 16 × 38  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Kalboishakhi 1950s Watercolour on paper -×-  cm -
On the Way to Work 1950s Oil on board 47 × 29  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Painter 1950s Gouache and poster colour on paper 20 × 13  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Santal Men and Women 1950s Watercolour on paper 56 × 76  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Still Life 1950s Oil on board 82 × 61  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Toilette 1950s Watercolour on paper 39 × 36  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Toilette 1950s Oil on paper 36.5 × 26.5  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Tribal Man 1950s Oil on board 76 × 56  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Tribal Woman 1950s Oil on board 76 × 56  cm Bangladesh National Museum
River Buriganga 1966 Watercolour on paper 56 × 75  cm Shafiqul & Selima Islam
Toilette 1966 Acrylic on paper 27 × 21.5  cm Jahanara Abedin
River 1967 Watercolour on paper 54 × 74  cm
Toilette 1967 Oil on canvas 76 × 102  cm Hamida Hossain
Bamboo Fort of Titumir 1968 Mixed media on board 122 × 144  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Moyurakhhi Village 1968 Watercolour on paper 52 × 74  cm -
Rebel Cows 1968 Watercolour on paper 54 × 74  cm -
Santal Men and Women 1968 Watercolour on paper 52 × 74  cm -
Study for a Painting 1969 Watercolour on paper 11 × 31  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Towing Boat 1968 Watercolour on paper 54 × 74  cm -
Untitled (Santhal Women) 1969 Oil on canvas 155.3 × 68.6  cm - [3]
Boats 1960s Watercolour on paper 56 × 76  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Fishing 1960s Watercolour on paper 56 × 76  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Fishing 1969 Oil on paper 6.5 × 30  cm Jahanara Abedin
Mosque 1960s Watercolour on paper 56 × 76  cm Bangladesh National Museum
River View at Sadarghat 1960s Watercolour on paper 56 × 76  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Steamer on River Buriganga 1960s Watercolour on paper 56 × 76  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Gypsy Boat 1970 Oil on canvas 68 × 251  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Life in Bangladesh 1970 Wax, black ink, and watercolour on paper 120 × 1980  cm -
Monpura 1970 Watercolour and wax on paper 27.5 × 36  cm Jahanara Abedin
Monpura 1970 Watercolour and wax on paper 27.5 × 36  cm Jahanara Abedin
Nabanna 1970 Watercolour and wax on paper scroll 105 × 1,950  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Returning Home 1970 Oil on canvas 99 × 244  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Sailing Boats 1970 Watercolour on paper 19 × 28  cm Jahanara Abedin
Two Faces 1970 Acrylic on paper 55 × 75  cm
Bangladesh Liberation war 1971 -×-  cm -
Birangana (Unsung Ballads) 1971 Oil on canvas 91.5 × 96.5  cm Jahanara Abedin
The Return 1971 Watercolour on paper 11.5 × 60  cm Jahanara Abedin
Bride with a Mirror 1972 Acrylic on paper 96.5 × 71  cm Jahanara Abedin
Composition 1972 Oil on canvas 99 × 127  cm Bangladesh National Museum
Resting 1972 Acrylic on paper 36 × 26.5  cm Jahanara Abedin
Fishing Boats 1973 Watercolour on paper 14 × 19  cm Jahanara Abedin
Fishing Boats 1973 Oil on canvas 82 × 112  cm Mustafa Zaman Abbasi
Women with Pitchers 1973 Oil on canvas 98 × 151  cm
Towing Boat 1974 Watercolour and wax on paper 56 × 76  cm Jahanara Abedin
Bathing 1976 Oil on canvas 109 × 184  cm Jahanara Abedin
Struggle 1976 Oil on canvas 60 × 243  cm Jahanara Abedin
Untitled (Unfinished) 1970s Oil on canvas 76 × 97  cm Bangladesh National Museum

Notes and references

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Islam, Nazrul . Jaẏanula Ābedina, ta̐mra kāja o katha . Bāṃlādeśa Śilpakalā Ekāḍemi . Ḍhāka . 1997 . 9845550126 .
  2. Web site: Zainul Abedin. Arcadja.com. 16 December 2014.
  3. Web site: Zainul Abedin (1914-1976) . Christie's.