16 Facts About Qayyum Chowdhury

Qayyum Chowdhury was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1984 and the Independence Day Award in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Qayyum Chowdhury's father, Abdul Quddus Chowdhury, came from a landlord family and was a cooperative-bank official.

Qayyum Chowdhury graduated from Dhaka Art College in 1954.

Qayyum Chowdhury joined Dhaka Art College as a lecturer in 1957.

Qayyum Chowdhury then took a job at the newly established Design Centre to work under Quamrul Hassan.

Qayyum Chowdhury started working for the Observer group's other publications namely Chitrali, a cine magazine and Purbadesh, a news magazine.

Qayyum Chowdhury went back to Dhaka Art College in 1965.

Qayyum Chowdhury was promoted to the position of assistant professor in 1970, to associate professor in 1986 and to professor in 1991.

Qayyum Chowdhury retired from the organization in 1994 but he kept teaching in the institute until 2002.

Qayyum Chowdhury began designing book covers by working on Zahir Raihan's book "Shesh Bikeler Meye".

Qayyum Chowdhury was a member of Bangladesh Bank's currency note design committee and mural committee and designed several currency notes in circulation.

Qayyum Chowdhury had been involved with daily Prothom Alo since its inception in 1998.

Qayyum Chowdhury was the convenor of the Charu Karu Shilpi Songram Parishad during the liberation war in 1971.

In 1960, Qayyum Chowdhury married Tahera Khanum, an artist who was one of the first four girls to get admitted to the Art College in 1954.

On 30 November 2014, Qayyum Chowdhury fell sick while delivering his speech on the fourth-day of Bengal Foundation organized classical music festival in Bangladesh Army Stadium.

Qayyum Chowdhury had been taken to Combined Military Hospital, where he was declared dead.