Kalidas Karmakar
Kalidas Karmakar (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019) was a Bangladeshi artist. He specialized in viscosity printing. He was awarded Shilpakala Padak (2016) and the Ekushey Padak (2018) by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts.
Kalidas Karmakar
- Name
- Kalidas Karmakar
- Born
- 10 January 1946
- Birthplace
- Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
- Died
- 18 October 2019
- Training
- Government College of Art & Craft
- Field
- printmaking, painting Kalidas Karmakar (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019) was a Bangladeshi artist.
- Nationality
- Bangladesh · British Raj · Pakistan
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- University of Dhaka
- Honours
- Ekushey Padak
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Kalidas Karmakar (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019) was a Bangladeshi artist. He specialized in viscosity printing. He was awarded Shilpakala Padak (2016) and the Ekushey Padak (2018) by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts.
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• Name — Kalidas Karmakar • Born — 10 January 1946 • Birthplace — Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India • Died — 18 October 2019 • Training — Government College of Art & Craft • Field — printmaking, painting Kalidas Karmakar (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019) was a Bangladeshi artist. He specialized in viscosity printing. He was awarded Shilpakala Padak (2016) and the Ekushey Padak (2018) by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts.
Early life
Early life
Karmakar completed a two-year pre-degree course at Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka. In 1969, he later graduated from Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata. His first ever-major solo exhibition was held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery in August 1976. He worked with the English painter Stanley William Hayter. He died on 18 October 2019 at the age of 73.
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Awards
• Sultan Gold Award (2015) • Shilpakala Padak (2016) • Ekushey Padak (2018)
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- 1.Creative journey : Kalidas Karmakar's performance art at BNM. The Daily Star. January 13, 2016.
- 2.21 to receive Ekushey Padak this year. Dhaka Tribune.
- 3.Kalidas Karmakar celebrates birth anniv with 2 solos. New Age Dead link. March 2025.
- 4.'Alluvial Realization' solo painting exhibition by Kalidas Karmakar begins. The New Nation. December 6, 2015.
- 5.Prominent artist Kalidas Karmakar dies at 73. bdnews24.com. 18 October 2019.
- 6.Kalidas Karmakar to receive Sultan award. The Daily Star. January 28, 2015.
- 7.BSA to confer Shilpakala Padak on July 20. The Daily Star. July 19, 2017.
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