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1001: 212: 40: 235:, a news magazine. He went back to Dhaka Art College in 1965. He was promoted to the position of assistant professor in 1970, to associate professor in 1986 and to professor in 1991. He retired from the organization in 1994 but he kept teaching in the institute until 2002. 385:
A documentary film on the life and work of Qayyum Chowdhury was directed and scripted by Fahmida Akhter (as "Fahmida Munni") in 2004 entitled "Nishorger Ankiey" (2004, Ode to Nature : Portrait of an Artist), produced by Bengal Foundation. ,
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in his boyhood. His uncles, Mohtasambillah Chowdhury and Aminul Islam Chowdhury were writers. In 1949, he completed his matriculation from Mymensingh City Collegiate School. He graduated from Dhaka Art College (now
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In 1960, Chowdhury married Tahera Khanum, (1935–2021) an artist who was one of the first four girls to get admitted to the Art College in 1954. Together they had a son Moinul Islam Zaber.
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Chowdhury joined Dhaka Art College as a lecturer in 1957. He then took a job at the newly established Design Centre to work under
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where he served as the chief artist. He also started working for the Observer group's other publications namely
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On 30 November 2014, Chowdhury fell sick while delivering his speech on the fourth-day of
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organized classical music festival in Bangladesh Army Stadium. He had been taken to
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Gold medal for book design from the National Book Centre, Dhaka (1975)
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since its inception in 1998. He was the convenor of the
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First prize for Painting, National Art Exhibition in
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Leipzig Book Fair Prize for book illustration (1983)
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Chowdhury began designing book covers by working on
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Within a year he joined the then 13: 1141:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy 704: 310:Charu Karu Shilpi Songram Parishad 14: 1157: 608:"An epitaph for Qayyum Chowdhury" 288:Prothom Gaan Dwityo Mrittyur Agey 999: 1131:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak 808: 794: 776:"Artist Qayyum Chy passes away" 768: 742: 686:"Nation grieves Qayyum's death" 678: 652: 588:. The Daily Star. 16 April 2010 381:Documentary on Qayyum Chowdhury 334:Shilpakala Academy Award (1977) 243:Chowdhury's early work include 16:Bangladeshi painter (1932–2014) 626: 600: 460: 395: 377:, where he was declared dead. 1: 389: 161: 1146:Burials at Azimpur Graveyard 343:6th Bangabandhu Award (1994) 286:'s first poetry collection, 7: 634:"Qayyum Chowdhury Turns 79" 282:. He designed the cover of 10: 1162: 526:. Government of Bangladesh 498:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ 375:Combined Military Hospital 297:Chowdhury was a member of 1116:People from Feni District 1054: 1008: 997: 863: 750:"Adieu, Qayyum Chowdhury" 315: 206: 114: 102: 94: 75: 49: 37: 30: 23: 521:"Independence Day Award" 497: 238: 156:Government of Bangladesh 31: 362:Chowdhury with his wife 354:Personal life and death 290:, and several books of 966:Mustapha Khalid Palash 729:www.dhakaartcenter.org 363: 251:(oil painting, 1956), 247:(oil painting, 1954), 231:, a cine magazine and 216: 152:Independence Day Award 911:Shishir Bhattacharjee 361: 284:Shamsur Rahman (poet) 263:(pen and ink, 2001), 259:(pen and ink, 2001), 214: 146:. He was awarded the 1121:Bangladeshi painters 280:"Shesh Bikeler Meye" 267:(acrylic, 2004) and 70:, British India 349:Sultan Padak (1999) 253:"Boat in Moonlight" 782:. 30 November 2014 474:. 26 December 2014 468:"Qayyum Chowdhury" 364: 292:Syed Shamsul Haque 217: 1093: 1092: 901:Shahabuddin Ahmed 896:Sanwar Azam Sunny 756:. 2 December 2014 692:. 2 December 2014 614:. 5 December 2014 371:Bengal Foundation 225:Pakistan Observer 215:Chowdhury in 2011 125: 124: 68:Bengal Presidency 44:Chowdhury in 1960 1153: 1072:Manzoor Alam Beg 1003: 916:Rashid Choudhury 876:Qayyum Chowdhury 849: 842: 835: 826: 825: 820: 819: 812: 806: 805: 798: 792: 791: 789: 787: 772: 766: 765: 763: 761: 746: 740: 739: 737: 735: 721: 702: 701: 699: 697: 682: 676: 675: 673: 671: 656: 650: 649: 647: 645: 630: 624: 623: 621: 619: 604: 598: 597: 595: 593: 578: 567: 566: 564: 562: 551: 536: 535: 533: 531: 525: 517: 511: 510: 508: 506: 493: 484: 483: 481: 479: 464: 458: 457: 455: 453: 442: 419: 418: 416: 414: 399: 150:in 1984 and the 128:Qayyum Chowdhury 110:and illustration 82: 79:30 November 2014 59: 57: 42: 25:Qayyum Chowdhury 21: 20: 1161: 1160: 1156: 1155: 1154: 1152: 1151: 1150: 1096: 1095: 1094: 1089: 1086:Imtiaz Alam Beg 1082:Naeem Mohaiemen 1077:Nasir Ali Mamun 1062:Rashid Talukder 1050: 1004: 995: 941:Mohammad Kibria 886:Safiuddin Ahmed 859: 853: 823: 814: 813: 809: 800: 799: 795: 785: 783: 774: 773: 769: 759: 757: 748: 747: 743: 733: 731: 723: 722: 705: 695: 693: 684: 683: 679: 669: 667: 658: 657: 653: 643: 641: 632: 631: 627: 617: 615: 606: 605: 601: 591: 589: 580: 579: 570: 560: 558: 553: 552: 539: 529: 527: 523: 519: 518: 514: 504: 502: 499: 495: 494: 487: 477: 475: 466: 465: 461: 451: 449: 444: 443: 422: 412: 410: 409:. 11 March 2011 401: 400: 396: 392: 383: 356: 318: 299:Bangladesh Bank 241: 209: 164: 154:in 2014 by the 140:Safiuddin Ahmed 90: 84: 80: 71: 61: 55: 53: 45: 33: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1159: 1149: 1148: 1143: 1138: 1133: 1128: 1123: 1118: 1113: 1108: 1091: 1090: 1088: 1087: 1084: 1079: 1074: 1069: 1064: 1058: 1056: 1052: 1051: 1049: 1048: 1043: 1041:Shyamal Bashak 1038: 1036:Hamidur Rahman 1033: 1031:Mustafa Monwar 1028: 1023: 1018: 1012: 1010: 1006: 1005: 998: 996: 994: 993: 988: 983: 978: 973: 968: 963: 958: 953: 951:Mustafa Manwar 948: 943: 938: 933: 928: 923: 921:Quamrul Hassan 918: 913: 908: 906:Murtaja Baseer 903: 898: 893: 888: 883: 878: 873: 867: 865: 861: 860: 852: 851: 844: 837: 829: 822: 821: 807: 793: 780:The Daily Star 767: 754:The Daily Star 741: 703: 690:The Daily Star 677: 666:. 9 March 2012 664:The Daily Star 651: 640:. 9 March 2011 638:The Daily Star 625: 612:The Daily Star 599: 568: 537: 512: 485: 472:The Daily Star 459: 420: 407:The Daily Star 393: 391: 388: 382: 379: 355: 352: 351: 350: 347: 344: 341: 335: 332: 329: 326: 317: 314: 240: 237: 221:Quamrul Hassan 208: 205: 163: 160: 136:Quamrul Hassan 123: 122: 116: 112: 111: 104: 103:Known for 100: 99: 96: 92: 91: 85: 83:(aged 82) 77: 73: 72: 62: 51: 47: 46: 43: 35: 34: 32:কাইয়ুম চৌধুরী 28: 27: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1158: 1147: 1144: 1142: 1139: 1137: 1134: 1132: 1129: 1127: 1124: 1122: 1119: 1117: 1114: 1112: 1109: 1107: 1104: 1103: 1101: 1085: 1083: 1080: 1078: 1075: 1073: 1070: 1068: 1067:Shahidul Alam 1065: 1063: 1060: 1059: 1057: 1055:Photographers 1053: 1047: 1044: 1042: 1039: 1037: 1034: 1032: 1029: 1027: 1024: 1022: 1019: 1017: 1014: 1013: 1011: 1007: 1002: 992: 989: 987: 986:Najib Tareque 984: 982: 979: 977: 976:Abdus Shakoor 974: 972: 971:Khalil Rahman 969: 967: 964: 962: 961:Arifur Rahman 959: 957: 954: 952: 949: 947: 944: 942: 939: 937: 934: 932: 931:Syed Jahangir 929: 927: 924: 922: 919: 917: 914: 912: 909: 907: 904: 902: 899: 897: 894: 892: 889: 887: 884: 882: 879: 877: 874: 872: 871:Zainul Abedin 869: 868: 866: 862: 858: 850: 845: 843: 838: 836: 831: 830: 827: 817: 811: 803: 797: 781: 777: 771: 755: 751: 745: 730: 726: 720: 718: 716: 714: 712: 710: 708: 691: 687: 681: 665: 661: 655: 639: 635: 629: 613: 609: 603: 587: 583: 577: 575: 573: 556: 550: 548: 546: 544: 542: 522: 516: 500: 492: 490: 473: 469: 463: 447: 441: 439: 437: 435: 433: 431: 429: 427: 425: 408: 404: 398: 394: 387: 378: 376: 372: 367: 360: 348: 345: 342: 339: 338:Ekushey Padak 336: 333: 330: 327: 324: 320: 319: 313: 311: 307: 302: 300: 295: 293: 289: 285: 281: 277: 272: 270: 266: 265:"Secret Talk" 262: 261:"Setting Sun" 258: 254: 250: 246: 236: 234: 230: 226: 222: 213: 204: 202: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 159: 157: 153: 149: 148:Ekushey Padak 145: 141: 137: 133: 132:Zainul Abedin 129: 120: 119:Ekushey Padak 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 88: 78: 74: 69: 65: 52: 48: 41: 36: 29: 22: 19: 1026:Novera Ahmed 1016:Mrinal Haque 956:Rafiqun Nabi 891:Tofail Ahmed 875: 810: 796: 784:. 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Index


Feni
Bengal Presidency
Dhaka
book design
Ekushey Padak
Zainul Abedin
Quamrul Hassan
Safiuddin Ahmed
Bangladesh
Ekushey Padak
Independence Day Award
Government of Bangladesh
Feni
Chittagong
Comilla
Narail
Sandwip
Noakhali
Faridpur
Mymensingh
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka

Quamrul Hassan
Pakistan Observer
Zahir Raihan
Shamsur Rahman (poet)
Syed Shamsul Haque
Bangladesh Bank
Prothom Alo

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