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Hashem Khan
হাশেম খান
Born	(1941-04-16) April 16, 1941 (age 83) Chandpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Awards	Ekushey Padak Independence Day Award

Hashem Khan (born April 16, 1941) is a Bangladeshi painter. His paintings mostly focus rural life of Bangladesh. He has important contribution to enrich Bangladeshi art and culture. Hashem Khan participated in Bangladesh liberation war and his many artworks on the war. He is the Chairman of Bangladesh National Museum.

Career

Khan was born in Chandpur district of present-day Bangladesh. He graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka in 1961. He was a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts for 44 years. He retired in 2007. As he was born and grew up in a village his works reflect the natural beauty of the village, rural life, and many other things. His drawing style is different. He has made significant contribution to the book covers and illustrations.

Exhibitions

• Illustration Show, Tokyo, Japan, 1989
• Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, 1992
• Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, 2000
• Shilpangon Gallery, Dhaka, 2002
• Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, 2005

  

Awards

• Ekushey Padak (1992)
• Independence Day Award (2011)

Recent works

• Bharat-Bangladesh Maitri Udyan (India-Bangladesh Friendship Park) 2010

References

1. "PM greets painter Hashem Khan on his birthday". The Daily Star. April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
2. "Hashem Khan felicitated after Independence Day Award win". The Daily Star. April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
3. "Hashem Khan turns 72". The Daily Star. April 18, 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
4. "Hashem Khan » Bengal Foundation".
5. "Hashem Khan: The making of an artist". Daily Sun. October 25, 2010. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
6. Alom, Zahangir (2017-12-18). "Serenading the sublime souls of the nations". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
7. "Hashem Khan". Dhaka Art Center. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
8. Alom, Zahangir (2017-12-18). "Serenading the sublime souls of the nations". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

v t e Artists of Bangladesh
Painters	Zainul Abedin Qayyum Chowdhury Kafil Ahmed Safiuddin Ahmed Tofail Ahmed Sanwar Azam Sunny Shahabuddin Ahmed Murtaja Baseer Shishir Bhattacharjee Rashid Choudhury Quamrul Hassan Syful Islam Syed Jahangir Hashem Khan Mohammad Kibria Nitun Kundu Mustafa Manwar Rafiqun Nabi Arifur Rahman Mustapha Khalid Palash Khalil Rahman Abdus Shakoor SM Sultan Najib Tareque Saleh Uddin
Sculptors	Mrinal Haque Nitun Kundu Novera Ahmed Mustafa Monwar Hamidur Rahman Shyamal Bashak Hashem Khan
Photographers	Rashid Talukder Shahidul Alam Manzoor Alam Beg Nasir Ali Mamun Naeem Mohaiemen Imtiaz Alam Beg

• 1941 births
• Living people
• Bengali male artists
• Bangladeshi painters
• University of Dhaka alumni
• Academic staff of the University of Dhaka
• Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
• Recipients of the Independence Day Award