14 Facts About Quamrul Hassan

Quamrul Hassan belonged to a conservative family and his father always opposed to his involvement in paintings.

Quamrul Hassan developed connections with the Forward Block, Gononatya Andolon and even with several leaders of the Communist Party, got involved with the task of teaching of children and teenagers and contributed to illustrations in publications.

Quamrul Hassan secured first position in the B Group of the Inter College Bodybuilding competition in 1945.

Quamrul Hassan had become a 'Nayak' of the Bratachari movement.

Quamrul Hassan was involved in the non-cooperation movement of March 1971 and was nominated the chairman of the Resistance Committee of the Hatirpul area.

Quamrul Hassan designed state monogram of Bangladesh, Freedom Fighters Welfare Trust, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Bangladesh Bank, and Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

Quamrul Hassan always borrowed the two-dimensionality of pata paintings of folk art in his work, he attempted to give the quality of three-dimensionality in it.

Quamrul Hassan was a versatile artist working in practically all media-oil, gouache, watercolors, pastel, etching, woodcut, linocut, pen and pencil.

Quamrul Hassan worked with woodcuts, specially after the famine of 1974, works that expressed his rage and anger.

Quamrul Hassan used snakes, jackals and owls to portray the evil in humans, both in his political work and his famine work.

Rural women and their plight is another theme Quamrul Hassan has repeatedly worked on.

Quamrul Hassan's series titled Image'74 shows his political view which portrays the tendency of sacrificing morals and ethics over some personal gains among politicians, bureaucrats and the businessmen of Bangladesh.

Quamrul Hassan died on 2 February 1988 after suffering a massive heart attack while attending the National Poetry Festival.

Quamrul Hassan was buried beside the central mosque of the University of Dhaka.