Syed Jahangir Receives Hamidur Rahman Memorial Award
(From left) Subir chowdhury, Rabiul Hussain, Quayyum Chowdhury, Mustafa Nurul Islam, Syed Jahangir, Parvin Ahmed and Luva Nahid Chowdhury at the award giving ceremony.
The Hamidur Rahman Memorial Award 2011 was conferred on artist Syed Jahangir, one of the foremost painters of the '50s. The award giving ceremony was held at Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhanmondi, Dhaka on February 14.
Jahangir received a crest and a cheque worth Taka 50,000 as part of the award. He received the award for his noteworthy contribution to Bangladeshi art. The award was formally handed over to the artist by noted educationist and literary critic Professor Mustafa Nurul Islam. Veteran painter Quayyum Chowdhury and architect Rabiul Hussain were present as special guests. Luva Nahid Chowdhury, director general of Bengal Foundation; Subir Chowdhury, director of Bengal Gallery; Pervin Ahmed (wife of the late playwright and critic Sayeed Ahmed), among others, spoke on the occasion.
The award was first introduced in 2009 by Sayeed Ahmed. Sayeed Ahmed [who died in 2010] was the younger brother of Hamidur Rahman. Bangladeshi expatriate painter Monirul Islam is the first recipient of the award.
Jahangir studied at Govt. Institute of Arts and Crafts (presently Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) in 1950. His style is greatly influenced by American Expressionism and his themes are closely connected to rural Bengal and its rivers and landscape. Rustic people and their way of life, harvest, fishing on a moonlit night, paddy fields are frequent themes in his works.
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