Famous People with Name Zainul

Zainul Abedin            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Zainul Abedin: was a Bangladesh painter. Like many of his contemporaries, he was born in undivided India. His paintings on the Bengal famine of 1940s is probably his most characteristic work. In Bangladesh, he is often referred to as Shilpacharya (Great Teacher of the Arts).Zainul Abedin was born in Mymensingh, East Bengal, on December 29, 1914. Much of his childhood was spent near the scenic banks of the Brahmaputra River. The Brahmaputra would later appear in many of his paintings and be a source of inspiration all throughout his career. In 1933, Abedin was admitted to Calcutta Government Art School in Kolkata. He joined the faculty of the school after his education there was completed. A series of watercolours that Zainul did as his tribute to the Brahmaputra River earned him the Governor's Gold Medal in an all-India exhibition in 1938. This award gave Abedin the confidence to create his own visual style.