Samarjit Roy Chowdhury
Samarjit Roy Chowdhury (10 February 1937 – 9 October 2022) was a Bangladeshi painter. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh. He was one of the artists among with Zainul Abedin and Abul Barak Alvi who contributed to the first ever hand-crafted constitution of Bangladesh.
Samarjit Roy Chowdhury
- Name
- Samarjit Roy Chowdhury
- Awards
- Ekushey Padak
- Born
- 10 February 1937
- Birthplace
- Comilla District, Bengal Presidency, British India
- Died
- 9 October 2022
- Place of death
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Education
- University of Dhaka
- Nationality
- Bangladesh · British Raj · Pakistan
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Bangla
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• Name — Samarjit Roy Chowdhury • Native Name — সমরজিৎ রায় চৌধুরী • Awards — Ekushey Padak • Born — 10 February 1937 • Birthplace — Comilla District, Bengal Presidency, British India • Died — 9 October 2022 • Place of death — Dhaka, Bangladesh • Education — University of Dhaka
Early life and education
Early life and education
Chowdhury was born on 10 February 1937 in Comilla District. In 1960 he graduated in Graphic Design from the Government Art Institute (later Faculty of Fine Art, Dhaka University). There he was guided by Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan and others.
Career
Career
Chowdhury joined the faculty of Dhaka University and worked for 43 years and retired as Professor in 2003. Then he served as Dean of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts of the Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology until 2010. As of 2014, he was serving as supernumerary professor at the University of Dhaka.
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Personal life and death
Chowdhury died in Dhaka on 9 October 2022, at the age of 85.
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• 1st Prize in the Pakistan Textile Design Competition (1960) • East Pakistan Railway Timetable Cover Design Prize (1960) • Ekushey Padak (2014)
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