Rashid Choudhury
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Rashid Choudhury was a Bangledeshi artist.
Born in the village of Haroa in the district of Faridpur (now Rajbari
), Bangladesh
, Rashid Choudhury completed his five-year course in fine arts from the Charukala Institute in 1954 and attended a teachers' training certificate course at Asutosh Museum of the Calcutta University. He did his post-graduate studies with a scholarship from Spanish government and studied sculpture at the Central Escula des Bellias Artes de San Fernando in Madrid from 1956-57. He also studied sculpture, fresco and tapestry at the Academy of Jullian and Beaux Arts in Paris from 1960-64. He was also honoured with the Leadership Grant Award by the US government in 1975.
In 1962, Choudhury received the first prize on fresco painting in Beaux Arts in Paris and first prize in RCD Biennale in Tehran in 1967. The nation also honoured him with Ekushey Padak
in 1977 and the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award in 1980.
Rashid was a teacher of the Charukala Institute in Dhaka from 1958-60. He was also the Assistant Professor of the Fine Arts in Chittagong University in 1969 and became Associate Professor and the Chairman of the Department in 1970.
Besides tapestry, the artist's works on oil, watercolour, guash, print.
Born in the village of Haroa in the district of Faridpur (now Rajbari
Rajbari District
The district of Rajbari consists 3629 mosques, 18 temples and nine churches.-See also:*Districts of Bangladesh*Dhaka Division...
), Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, Rashid Choudhury completed his five-year course in fine arts from the Charukala Institute in 1954 and attended a teachers' training certificate course at Asutosh Museum of the Calcutta University. He did his post-graduate studies with a scholarship from Spanish government and studied sculpture at the Central Escula des Bellias Artes de San Fernando in Madrid from 1956-57. He also studied sculpture, fresco and tapestry at the Academy of Jullian and Beaux Arts in Paris from 1960-64. He was also honoured with the Leadership Grant Award by the US government in 1975.
In 1962, Choudhury received the first prize on fresco painting in Beaux Arts in Paris and first prize in RCD Biennale in Tehran in 1967. The nation also honoured him with Ekushey Padak
Ekushey Padak
Ekushey Padak is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 that took place on February 21, 1952.-2001:*Shah Abdul Karim...
in 1977 and the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award in 1980.
Rashid was a teacher of the Charukala Institute in Dhaka from 1958-60. He was also the Assistant Professor of the Fine Arts in Chittagong University in 1969 and became Associate Professor and the Chairman of the Department in 1970.
Besides tapestry, the artist's works on oil, watercolour, guash, print.