List of paintings by Zainul Abedin

This list of paintings by the Bengali painter Zainul Abedin is incomplete.[1]
| Image | Title | Year | Technique | Dimensions | Collection | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dumka Forest[note 1] | 1934 | Watercolour on paper | 37 × 28 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [3] | |
| Study: Village Pathway | 1934 | Watercolour on paper | 28 × 22.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [4] | |
| Zoo Study | 1935 | Watercolour on paper or drawing (sources vary) | -×- cm | - | [5][6] | |
| Harvesting[note 2] | 1934/1938 | Oil on canvas | -×- cm | - | [8][7] | |
| Famine | 1943 | Watercolour on paper | 38 × 29.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [9] | |
| Tea Stall | 1943 | Oil on canvas | 57.5 × 75 cm | Abul Khair | [10] | |
| Waiting | 1943 | Watercolour on paper | 37 × 56 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [11] | |
| Angling | 1946 | Watercolour on paper | 57.5 × 77.5 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [12] | |
| 40/2 Abdul Hadi Lane | 1948 | Oil on board | 26.5 × 19 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [13] | |
| Harvest | 1948 | Watercolour on paper | 57.5 × 77.5 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [14] | |
| Reading[note 3] | 1948 | Oil on board or cardboard (sources vary) | 26.5 × 19 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [16][15] | |
| Still Life | 1948 | Oil on canvas | 76 × 56 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [16] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Oil on board | 23 × 33 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [17] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Oil on board | 23 × 33 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [18] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 29 × 38.5 cm | Abul Khair | [19] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 28 × 38 cm | Abul Khair | [19] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 28 × 38 cm | Abul Khair | [20] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 28 × 38 cm | Abul Khair | [21] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 38 × 28.5 cm | Abul Khair | [22] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 28 × 38 cm | Abul Khair | [23] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 37 × 27 cm | Abul Khair | [24] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 38 × 28 cm | Abul Khair | [25] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 28 × 38 cm | Abul Khair | [26] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 28 × 38 cm | Abul Khair | [27] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 25.5 × 38 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [28] | |
| Dumka | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 28.5 × 38.5 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [28] | |
| Dumka Landscape | 1940s | Oil on board | 19.5 × 32.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [29] | |
| Dumka Landscape | 1940s | Oil on board | 19.5 × 32.5 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [30] | |
| Girl in the Garden | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 72 × 64.5 cm | Abul Khair | [31] | |
| Hut | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 13.5 × 28.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [32] | |
| Portrait | 1940s | Oil on board | 24 × 16.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [33] | |
| Santal Landscape | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 38 × 28 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [34] | |
| Silent Trio | 1940s | Watercolour on paper | 29 × 39 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [35] | |
| Santhal Maidens | c. 1950 | Oil | -×- cm | - | [36] | |
| After Fishing | 1950 | Watercolour on paper | 57 × 77.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [37] | |
| Kalboishakhi[note 4] | 1950 | Watercolour on paper | 57 × 75 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [39] | |
| After Bathing | 1951 | Watercolour on paper | 68 × 41.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [40] | |
| Crossing the Moyurakhhi | 1951 | Watercolour on paper | 57 × 75.5 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [41] | |
| Mother and Child | 1951 | Tempera on paper | 54.5 × 26 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [42] | |
| Mother and Child | 1951 | Tempera on paper | 53 × 34.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [42] | |
| Rebel Cow[note 5] | 1951 | Watercolour on paper | 58.5 × 76 cm | - | [44] | |
| Santal Couple[note 6] | 1951 | Watercolour on paper | 68.5 × 54.5 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [46] | |
| Santal Man and Woman | 1951 | Watercolour on paper | 58.4 × 73.7 cm | [47] | ||
| Santal Women[note 7] | 1951 | Watercolour on paper | 81.5 × 67 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [49] | |
| Two Santhal Women | 1951 | Watercolour on paper | 73.7 × 58.5 cm | - | [50] | |
| Waiting for the Ferry to Cross the Brahmaputra | 1951 | Watercolour on soft-board paper | 34 × 52 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [51] | |
| Woman | 1951 | Tempera on paper | 50.5 × 14.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [52] | |
| Woman with a Pitcher | 1951 | Watercolour on paper | 54 × 41 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [53] | |
| Beauty Regime / Women Dressing Hair | 1953 | Oil on paper | 51 × 36 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [54][55] | |
| Face of a Woman | 1953 | Gouache on paper | 26.5 × 20 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [56] | |
| Family | 1953 | Watercolour on paper | 70 × 38 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [57] | |
| Mother and Child | 1953 | Watercolour on paper | 29 × 23 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [58] | |
| Painyar Ma[note 8] | 1953 | Gouache or oil on paper (sources vary) | 32 × 23 cm | - | [59][43] | |
| Peasant | 1953 | Watercolour on paper | 30.5 × 18 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [60] | |
| Reflecting[note 9] | 1952/1953 | Tempera or oil on paper (sources vary) | 37.5 × 27 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [62][61] | |
| Snake Charmers | 1953 | Tempera on paper | 34.5 × 17 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [63] | |
| Three Women | 1953 | Tempera on paper | 38 × 28 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [56] | |
| Two Sisters[note 10] | 1953 | Gouache on paper | 29 × 23 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [64] | |
| Woman | 1953 | Tempera on paper | 45.5 × 29 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [65] | |
| Struggle | 1954 | Tempera on masonite board | 60 × 243 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [66] | |
| Towing Boat[note 11] | 1953/1955 | Gouache on paper | 25 × 35 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [67] | |
| Untitled (Two Children) | 1955 | Watercolour on paper | 21 7/8 × 24 5/8 in. (55.6 × 62.5 cm.) | The private collection of late Elizabeth Lindsey | [68] | |
| Urban House | 1955 | Oil on paper | 32.5 × 51 cm | Abul Khair | [69] | |
| Foreign Land | 1956 | Watercolour on paper | 35.5 × 28 cm | - | [70] | |
| In the Streets | 1956 | Watercolour on paper | 30 × 24.5 cm | - | [70] | |
| On the Coast | 1956 | Watercolour on paper | 28 × 35.5 cm | - | [71] | |
| Generations | 1957 | Oil on canvas | 43 × 68.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [72] | |
| Manhattan | 1957 | Watercolour on paper | 35.5 × 28 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [73] | |
| Near Niagara Falls | 1957 | Watercolour on paper | 36 × 31 cm | - | [74] | |
| Rural Landscape | 1957 | Watercolour on paper | 38 × 50 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [75] | |
| Levelling the Ploughed Field[note 12] | 1957/1959 | Watercolour on paper | 58 × 75 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [76][45] | |
| Boat | 1958 | Watercolour | -×- cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [77] | |
| The Struggle | 1959 | Oil and tempera on masonite board | 155 × 627 cm | - | [55] | |
| Angling | 1950s | Watercolour on paper | 57 × 77.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [78] | |
| Boats on the Hily River | 1950s | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [79] | |
| Chittagong Hill Tracts | 1950s | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [80] | |
| Chittagong Hill Tracts | 1950s | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [79] | |
| Damsel | 1950s | Oil on board | 53 × 46 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [81] | |
| Dignity of Labour | 1950s | Oil on paper | 56 × 38 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [82] | |
| Face of a Woman | 1950s | Gouache on board | 70 × 54 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [83] | |
| Farmer with His Cow | 1950s | Watercolour on paper on board | 16 × 38 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [84] | |
| Kalboishakhi | 1950s | Watercolour on paper | -×- cm | - | [85] | |
| On the Way to Work | 1950s | Oil on board | 47 × 29 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [86] | |
| Painter | 1950s | Gouache and poster colour on paper | 20 × 13 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [87] | |
| Santal Men and Women | 1950s | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [51] | |
| Still Life | 1950s | Oil on board | 82 × 61 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [54] | |
| Toilette | 1950s | Watercolour on paper | 39 × 36 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [88] | |
| Toilette | 1950s | Oil on paper | 36.5 × 26.5 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [89] | |
| Tribal Man | 1950s | Oil on board | 76 × 56 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [90] | |
| Tribal Woman | 1950s | Oil on board | 76 × 56 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [91] | |
| River Buriganga | 1966 | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 75 cm | Shafiqul & Selima Islam | [92] | |
| Toilette | 1966 | Acrylic on paper | 27 × 21.5 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [93] | |
| River | 1967 | Watercolour on paper | 54 × 74 cm | Syed Manzur Elahi | [94] | |
| Toilette | 1967 | Oil on canvas | 76 × 102 cm | Hamida Hossain | [95] | |
| Bamboo Fort of Titumir | 1968 | Mixed media on board | 122 × 144 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [96] | |
| Moyurakhhi Village | 1968 | Watercolour on paper | 52 × 74 cm | - | [97] | |
| Rebel Cows | 1968 | Watercolour on paper | 54 × 74 cm | - | [98] | |
| Santal Men and Women | 1968 | Watercolour on paper | 52 × 74 cm | - | [99] | |
| Study for a Painting | 1969 | Watercolour on paper | 11 × 31 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [100] | |
| Towing Boat | 1968 | Watercolour on paper | 54 × 74 cm | - | [98] | |
| Untitled (Santhal Women) | 1969 | Oil on canvas | 155.3 × 68.6 cm | - | [101] | |
| Boats | 1960s | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [102] | |
| Fishing | 1960s | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [103] | |
| Fishing | 1969 | Oil on paper | 6.5 × 30 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [100] | |
| Mosque | 1960s | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [104] | |
| River View at Sadarghat | 1960s | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [105] | |
| Steamer on River Buriganga | 1960s | Watercolour on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [102] | |
| Gypsy Boat | 1970 | Oil on canvas | 68 × 251 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [106] | |
| Life in Bangladesh | 1970 | Wax, black ink, and watercolour on paper | 120 × 1980 cm | - | [107] | |
| Monpura | 1970 | Watercolour and wax on paper | 27.5 × 36 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [108] | |
| Monpura | 1970 | Watercolour and wax on paper | 27.5 × 36 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [108] | |
| Nabanna | 1970 | Watercolour and wax on paper scroll | 105 × 1,950 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [109] | |
| Returning Home | 1970 | Oil on canvas | 99 × 244 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [110] | |
| Sailing Boats | 1970 | Watercolour on paper | 19 × 28 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [111] | |
| Two Faces | 1970 | Acrylic on paper | 55 × 75 cm | Muhammad Aziz Khan | [112] | |
![]() | Bangladesh Liberation war | 1971 | -×- cm | - | ||
| Birangana (Unsung Ballads) | 1971 | Oil on canvas | 91.5 × 96.5 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [113] | |
| The Return | 1971 | Watercolour on paper | 11.5 × 60 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [114] | |
| Bride with a Mirror | 1972 | Acrylic on paper | 96.5 × 71 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [115] | |
| Composition[note 13] | 1972 | Oil on canvas | 99 × 127 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [116] | |
| Resting | 1972 | Acrylic on paper | 36 × 26.5 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [117] | |
| Fishing Boats | 1973 | Watercolour on paper | 14 × 19 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [118] | |
| Fishing Boats | 1973 | Oil on canvas | 82 × 112 cm | Mustafa Zaman Abbasi | [119] | |
| Women with Pitchers | 1973 | Oil on canvas | 98 × 151 cm | Syed Manzur Elahi | [120] | |
| Towing Boat | 1974 | Watercolour and wax on paper | 56 × 76 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [121] | |
| Bathing | 1976 | Oil on canvas | 109 × 184 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [122] | |
| Struggle | 1976 | Oil on canvas | 60 × 243 cm | Jahanara Abedin | [123] | |
| Untitled (Unfinished) | 1970s | Oil on canvas | 76 × 97 cm | Bangladesh National Museum | [124] |
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ Also called Banani Dumka[2]
- ↑ Also called Harvest[7]
- ↑ Also called Girl Reading in a Chair[15]
- ↑ Also called Storm[38]
- ↑ Also called Retreat[43]
- ↑ Also called From the Market (Santhal)[45]
- ↑ Also called Two Santhal Women[48]
- ↑ Also called Village Maiden[43]
- ↑ Also called Bride[61]
- ↑ Also called Two Faces[45] or Two Women[15]
- ↑ Also called Boatman[38]
- ↑ Also called Harrowing[45]
- ↑ Also called Untitled Abstract Composition[77]
Footnotes
- ↑ Islam, Nazrul (1997). Jaẏanula Ābedina, ta̐mra kāja o katha. Ḍhāka: Bāṃlādeśa Śilpakalā Ekāḍemi. ISBN 9845550126.
- ↑ Selim 2007, p. 298
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 66
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- 1 2 Selim 2007, p. 300
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- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 58
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 89
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 124
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 153
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 159
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 156
- 1 2 3 Selim 2007, p. 353
- 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 158
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 71
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 72
- 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 142
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 143
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 144
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 145
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 146
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 147
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 148
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 149
- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 150
- 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 151
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- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 74
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- ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 76
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- 1 2 Illustrated 1968, p. 16
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- 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 185
- 1 2 3 Illustrated 1968, p. 17
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- 1 2 3 4 Illustrated 1968, p. 15
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References
- Dadi, Iftikhar (2010). Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia. The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3358-2.
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- Selim, Lala Rukh (2007). Art and Crafts. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. OCLC 299379796.
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