10 Facts About Safiuddin Ahmed

Safiuddin Ahmed was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1978 and Independence Day Award in 1996 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Safiuddin Ahmed's 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.

Ahmad's paternal grandfather, Aminuddin Safiuddin Ahmed, was a popular doctor in Bhabanipur.

Aminuddin Safiuddin Ahmed was known as "Bachu Daktar" by the local residents.

Safiuddin Ahmed has studied art at Calcutta Government School of Art in 1936.

Safiuddin Ahmed 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 frequented by Dilip Dasgupta, Zainul Abedin and others.

Safiuddin Ahmed visited different galleries of England, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Soviet Union and India.

Safiuddin Ahmed helped raise the profile of a printmaking, a discipline often considered of secondary importance, by adopting it as his main medium.

Safiuddin Ahmed inspired many other artists from the subcontinent to begin printmaking.

Safiuddin Ahmed died at Square Hospital in Dhaka on 20 May 2012.