Safiuddin Ahmed: Great Masters of Bangladesh/ edited by Rosa Maria Falvo (Editor), Kaiser Haq (Introduction), Syed Azizul Haque (Contributor)

Contributor(s):

Falvo, Rosa Maria

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Skira , 2011.Description: 288 pages: ill.; 30 cmISBN:

9788857210766

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DDC classification:

759.95492 FAS

Contents:

Sketching the context / Kaiser Haq

Drawings

Watercolours

Wood engravings

Drypoints

Etchings and acquatints

Copper engravings

Oil

In conversation / Abul Hasnat

Subject: This is a catalog of works by the artist Safiuddin Ahmed, a member of the original founding circle of the Government Institute of Art and Crafts in Dhaka. The genesis of the modern art movement in Bangladesh traces back to the partition of India (1947) and the establishment of the Government Institute of Fine Arts in Dhaka in 1948. This pioneering group of artists included, among others, Zainul Abedin,Safiuddin Ahmed, Anwarul Haque, and Quamrul Hassan.This book explores Safiuddin Ahmed’s extraordinary contribution to Bangladeshi art and society, in a series of drawings, paintings, woodcuts and etchings, with more than 200 beautifully illustrated colour and black and white plates.

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Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 85 Shelve No. : B-05	General Stack (Issuable Books)	759.95492 FAS 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-3 (I)	Available	51550
Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 50 Annex : 01 Shelve No. : A-03	Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books)	759.95492 FAS 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1 (NI)	Not For Loan	51392
Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 50 Annex : 01 Shelve No. : A-03	Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books)	759.95492 FAS 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2 (NI)	Not For Loan	51393

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Sketching the context / Kaiser Haq

Drawings

Watercolours

Wood engravings

Drypoints

Etchings and acquatints

Copper engravings

Oil

In conversation / Abul Hasnat

This is a catalog of works by the artist Safiuddin Ahmed, a member of the original founding circle of the Government Institute of Art and Crafts in Dhaka. The genesis of the modern art movement in Bangladesh traces back to the partition of India (1947) and the establishment of the Government Institute of Fine Arts in Dhaka in 1948. This pioneering group of artists included, among others, Zainul Abedin,Safiuddin Ahmed, Anwarul Haque, and Quamrul Hassan.This book explores Safiuddin Ahmed’s extraordinary contribution to Bangladeshi art and society, in a series of drawings, paintings, woodcuts and etchings, with more than 200 beautifully illustrated colour and black and white plates.

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