1. Murtaja Baseer was a Bangladeshi painter and artist known for his abstract realism themed works.
15 Facts About Murtaja Baseer
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Murtaja Baseer was a poet, author, researcher, numismatist, and filmmaker.
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Murtaja Baseer's father, Shahidullah was a scholar and a linguist.
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Murtaja Baseer enrolled in Dacca Art College in 1949.
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Murtaja Baseer studied mosaic and etching at Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1971 to 1973.
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Murtaja Baseer joined University of Chittagong as an assistant professor of fine arts, upon his return from France in 1973, and served until his retirement, as a professor of fine arts, in 1998.
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Murtaja Baseer was active in leftist politics during the 1950s and was sent to prison prior to Bangladesh's liberation.
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Murtaja Baseer's paintings were considered a critical commentary on society.
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In 1971, Murtaja Baseer moved to Paris with his family, fearing arrest in Bangladesh for his involvement in the liberation movement.
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Murtaja Baseer's paintings have been exhibited in Bangladesh, Pakistan, America, Europe, and the erstwhile Soviet Union.
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Murtaja Baseer has written several novels including Ultramarine, Kanch-er Pakhir Gaan, Mitar Shangey Char Shandha and Amitakkhar.
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Murtaja Baseer was a regular contributor to now defunct literary journals like Dilruba, Samakal, and Saogat.
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Murtaja Baseer was art director for the 1965 Urdu film Kaise Kahoon.
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Several articles by Murtaja Baseer have been published in the Journal of the Numismatic Society of India.
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Murtaja Baseer died from an infection with COVID-19 in Dhaka on 15 August 2020, at the age of 87, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, two days before his 88th birthday.