Safiuddin Ahmed
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23 June 1922 Calcutta, British India |
| Died | 20 May 2012 (aged 89) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Occupation | Artist |
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Safiuddin Ahmed (23 June 1922 – 20 May 2012) was a Bangladeshi artist.
Ahmed was born on June 23, 1922, in Bhabanipur, Kolkata. His father, Matinuddin Ahmed, was a sub-registrar in the land office of the Government of Bengal and his mother, Bibi Jamila Khatun, was a housewife.His family was a liberal and aristocratic Muslim family. Three generations of his family had lived in their paternal homestead in Bhabanipur. Ahmad's paternal grandfather, Aminuddin Ahmed, was a popular doctor in Bhabanipur. Aminuddin Ahmed was known as "Bachu Daktar" by the local residents. The road in front of his house was named "Bachu Daktar Lane" after Aminuddin Ahmed's death under the initiative of the "Kolkata municipality". Ahmed's father died when he was young. Bhabanipur was adjacent to shahebpara chaurangi. although people from different provinces lived in this area,majority of the inhabitants were culturally conscious bengali hindus and muslims. Baliganj of south Kolkata was then in the suburbs,populated sparsely.Bhabanipur was the most aristocratic area of south kolkata. The first twenty -four years of safiuddin`s life was spent in this milieu devoted to the pursuit of education and cultural activity prevalentin bhabanipur. As a result,safiuddin was encouraged by his immediate environment to participate in activities related to music,art,literature and the student movement.He grew up under the care of his paternal uncles and his mother.
In 1936 he was admitted to the Calcutta Government Art School, a rarity for Muslim children. At that time, education in art school was generally viewed as vocational education in Bengali society. Safiuddin came into proximity with many people while studying in the art school from 1930 to 1942.As he practiced painting nature studies and landscapes and went to draw people with the students to the bank of the Ganges,the zoo and the Sealdah station ,likewise he want to studio in the home of the teacher prohlad, which always had its door open to visitors ,was also frequented by Dilip dasgupta,Zainul abedin and others.This means ,safiuddin was one of those who spent most of the hours of the day practicing art,through studies outside the school and in prohlad`s studio.other then this ,as students they regularly went to the Radha area at the western border of Bengal to Birbhum and the adjacent dumka area at the adjacent dumka area of Jharkhand.the everyday life of the santals of that area ,the dry landscape,vegetation,slowly flowing rivers,sky,horizons of Radha have repeatedly appeared as subjects pf paintings and prints done during his student life.the second world war started in Europe in 1939.From the early forties there began in kolkata a widespread mass movement against war,famine and imperialist oppression.AT that time it was not possible for any conscientious student and individual to remain neutral and uninvolved .safiuddin ahmed also involved this. In 1958 he completed the diploma courses in printmaking from the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London with distinction.
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