Shahabuddin Ahmed’s 74th birth anniv today

City Desk :
Today is the 74th birth anniversary of internationally-acclaimed Bangladeshi artist and freedom fighter Shahabuddin Ahmed.

Different organisations have arranged various programme to mark the day.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the solo art exhibition marking his birthday at the National Museum in the capital.

Born on September 11 in 1950, Shahabuddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi painter.

He was awarded the Chevalier De L’ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres (Knight in the Order of Fine Arts and Humanities) by the Ministry of Cultural Affair and Communication of France in 2014.

He was the recipient of Independence Day Award by the Government of Bangladesh in 2000.

His paintings are displayed in galleries like Olympic Museum, Laussane, Switzerland, Municipal Museum of Bourg-en-Bresse, France, Seoul Olympic Museum, South Korea, the National Taiwan Museum and Bangladesh National Museum.

Ahmed studied at Dhaka Art College (now Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) before obtaining a scholarship to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris during 1974-1981.