Age, Biography and Wiki

Quamrul Hassan was born on 2 December, 1921 in Calcutta, British India, is a Bengali artist (1921-1988). Discover Quamrul Hassan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

Popular As N/A
Occupation Artist
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 2 December, 1921
Birthday 2 December
Birthplace Calcutta, British India
Date of death 2 February, 1988
Died Place Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality India

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 2 December. He is a member of famous Artist with the age 67 years old group.

Quamrul Hassan Height, Weight & Measurements

At 67 years old, Quamrul Hassan height not available right now. We will update Quamrul Hassan's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Not Available
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Quamrul Hassan Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Quamrul Hassan worth at the age of 67 years old? Quamrul Hassan’s income source is mostly from being a successful Artist. He is from India. We have estimated Quamrul Hassan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income Artist

Quamrul Hassan Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1921

Quamrul Hassan (কামরুল হাসান; 1921–1988) was a Bengali artist.

Hassan is referred to in Bangladesh as Potua, a word usually associated with folk artists, due to his down to earth style yet very modern in nature as he always added Cubism other than the folk style to his artworks.

In addition to his artistic legacy, two of Hassan's work have come to be part of Bangladesh's political history.

The first of this is a monstrous rendition of Yahya Khan, the Pakistani president who ordered genocide in Bangladesh.

The second was just before his death, mocking the then dictator of Bangladesh, Hossain Mohammad Ershad.

This sketch was titled Desh aaj bisshobeheyar khoppre (Our land is now in the hand of the champion of shamelessness).

Hassan was born in Kolkata on 2 December 1921.

His father, Muhammad Hashim, was superintendent of the a local Graveyard.

He belonged to a conservative family and his father always opposed to his involvement in paintings.

1938

But Quamrul's determination and love for painting made his father enroll Quamrul to Government Institute of Arts (now Government College of Art & Craft), in 1938, under the condition that Quamrul had to pay for his own tuition fee.

1939

After his enrollment to the school, Quamrul kept himself busy with not only arts but with other activities such as sports and the Bratachari movement in 1939 and he also joined ARP during the Second World War.

He developed connections with the Forward Block, Gononatya Andolon (People's Theatre) and even with several leaders of the Communist Party, got involved with the task of teaching of children and teenagers and contributed to illustrations in publications.

As a result of his involvement in social and cultural activities, he finished his six-year course in the Art School in nine years.

1945

He secured first position in the B Group of the Inter College Bodybuilding competition in 1945.

He had become a 'Nayak' of the Bratachari movement.

After the partition of India, Quamrul, who was still a student, along with his mother and siblings moved to Dhaka, the then capital of East Pakistan.

1947

He graduated in 1947.

1948

After the Partition of India, together with Zainul Abedin, he established the Government Institute of Fine Arts (at present, the Faculty of Fine Arts) in 1948.

During liberation war he served as the Director of the Art Division of the Information and Radio Department of the Bangladesh Government in exile.

Getting inspired from Zainul Abedin, Jamini Roy, Quamrul Hassan chose to give the folk art tradition a breath of life by incorporating modern ideas in it.

He always borrowed the two-dimensionality of pata paintings of folk art in his work, he also attempted to give the quality of three-dimensionality in it.

Instead of using mixed colours, in most of his paintings he used primary colors like pata painters.

Sometimes, like folk artists, he applied flat colors without creating tonal variations.

However, he has attempted to create color perspective by using various colors in one plane, so that a sense of height, distance can be created in the image.

This technique was inspired from Henri Matisse.

Patriotism was born in him due to his involvement in folk art.

Some of his notable works are: Goon Tana, The Happy Return, Biral, Nabanna, Gorur Snan etc. All of these paintings highlight the lives of lower-class people which has been the topmost priority of his paintings.

Hassan was a versatile artist working in practically all media-oil, gouache, watercolors, pastel, etching, woodcut, linocut, pen and pencil.

1971

He was involved in the non-cooperation movement of March 1971 and was nominated the chairman of the Resistance Committee of the Hatirpul area.

On 23 March, he put up at least ten propaganda posters portraying a monstrous face of Yahya Khan which inspired the freedom Fighters.

On 25 March 1971, trenches were dug out late night at Hatirpul area under his leadership.

Then he left for Kolkata in the first week of April where he arranged an art exhibition in favor of the liberation war.

He came back to Dhaka during the last half of December to help develop the newly liberated Bangladesh.

He also designed state monogram of Bangladesh, Freedom Fighters Welfare Trust, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Bangladesh Bank, and Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

1974

He also worked with woodcuts, specially after the famine of 1974, works that expressed his rage and anger.

Quamrul used snakes, jackals and owls to portray the evil in humans, both in his political work and his famine work.

Rural women and their plight is another theme Hassan has repeatedly worked on.

His treatment of women emphasize the bond between them, most of his paintings of women are of a group of women, only rarely a solo painting can be found.

However, he mixes romanticism with realism; the strong curved lines and the contrasted use of color contribute to a sensuous appeal that blunts the edges of harsh reality.

His paintings of women can be divided into three phases: the 50s Love and Premarital stage, the end of 50s and the beginning of 70s the happy conjugal life, and the 70s and the 80s the time of marital separation.