List of paintings by Zainul Abedin

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]1934Watercolour on paper37 × 28  cmBangladesh National Museum[3]
Study: Village Pathway1934Watercolour on paper28 × 22.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[4]
Zoo Study1935Watercolour on paper or drawing (sources vary)-×-  cm-[5][6]
Harvesting[note 2]1934/1938Oil on canvas-×-  cm-[8][7]
Famine1943Watercolour on paper38 × 29.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[9]
Tea Stall1943Oil on canvas57.5 × 75  cmAbul Khair[10]
Waiting1943Watercolour on paper37 × 56  cmBangladesh National Museum[11]
Angling1946Watercolour on paper57.5 × 77.5  cmJahanara Abedin[12]
40/2 Abdul Hadi Lane1948Oil on board26.5 × 19  cmJahanara Abedin[13]
Harvest1948Watercolour on paper57.5 × 77.5  cmJahanara Abedin[14]
Reading[note 3]1948Oil on board or cardboard (sources vary)26.5 × 19  cmJahanara Abedin[16][15]
Still Life1948Oil on canvas76 × 56  cmBangladesh National Museum[16]
Dumka1940sOil on board23 × 33  cmBangladesh National Museum[17]
Dumka1940sOil on board23 × 33  cmBangladesh National Museum[18]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper29 × 38.5  cmAbul Khair[19]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper28 × 38  cmAbul Khair[19]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper28 × 38  cmAbul Khair[20]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper28 × 38  cmAbul Khair[21]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper38 × 28.5  cmAbul Khair[22]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper28 × 38  cmAbul Khair[23]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper37 × 27  cmAbul Khair[24]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper38 × 28  cmAbul Khair[25]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper28 × 38  cmAbul Khair[26]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper28 × 38  cmAbul Khair[27]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper25.5 × 38  cmJahanara Abedin[28]
Dumka1940sWatercolour on paper28.5 × 38.5  cmJahanara Abedin[28]
Dumka Landscape1940sOil on board19.5 × 32.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[29]
Dumka Landscape1940sOil on board19.5 × 32.5  cmJahanara Abedin[30]
Girl in the Garden1940sWatercolour on paper72 × 64.5  cmAbul Khair[31]
Hut1940sWatercolour on paper13.5 × 28.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[32]
Portrait1940sOil on board24 × 16.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[33]
Santal Landscape1940sWatercolour on paper38 × 28  cmBangladesh National Museum[34]
Silent Trio1940sWatercolour on paper29 × 39  cmJahanara Abedin[35]
Santhal Maidensc. 1950Oil-×-  cm-[36]
After Fishing1950Watercolour on paper57 × 77.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[37]
Kalboishakhi[note 4]1950Watercolour on paper57 × 75  cmBangladesh National Museum[39]
After Bathing1951Watercolour on paper68 × 41.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[40]
Crossing the Moyurakhhi1951Watercolour on paper57 × 75.5  cmJahanara Abedin[41]
Mother and Child1951Tempera on paper54.5 × 26  cmBangladesh National Museum[42]
Mother and Child1951Tempera on paper53 × 34.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[42]
Rebel Cow[note 5]1951Watercolour on paper58.5 × 76  cm-[44]
Santal Couple[note 6]1951Watercolour on paper68.5 × 54.5  cmJahanara Abedin[46]
Santal Man and Woman1951Watercolour on paper58.4 × 73.7  cm[47]
Santal Women[note 7]1951Watercolour on paper81.5 × 67  cmBangladesh National Museum[49]
Two Santhal Women1951Watercolour on paper73.7 × 58.5  cm-[50]
Waiting for the Ferry to Cross the Brahmaputra1951Watercolour on soft-board paper34 × 52  cmBangladesh National Museum[51]
Woman1951Tempera on paper50.5 × 14.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[52]
Woman with a Pitcher1951Watercolour on paper54 × 41  cmBangladesh National Museum[53]
Beauty Regime / Women Dressing Hair1953Oil on paper51 × 36  cmBangladesh National Museum[54][55]
Face of a Woman1953Gouache on paper26.5 × 20  cmBangladesh National Museum[56]
Family1953Watercolour on paper70 × 38  cmBangladesh National Museum[57]
Mother and Child1953Watercolour on paper29 × 23  cmBangladesh National Museum[58]
Painyar Ma[note 8]1953Gouache or oil on paper (sources vary)32 × 23  cm-[59][43]
Peasant1953Watercolour on paper30.5 × 18  cmBangladesh National Museum[60]
Reflecting[note 9]1952/1953Tempera or oil on paper (sources vary)37.5 × 27  cmBangladesh National Museum[62][61]
Snake Charmers1953Tempera on paper34.5 × 17  cmBangladesh National Museum[63]
Three Women1953Tempera on paper38 × 28  cmBangladesh National Museum[56]
Two Sisters[note 10]1953Gouache on paper29 × 23  cmBangladesh National Museum[64]
Woman1953Tempera on paper45.5 × 29  cmBangladesh National Museum[65]
Struggle1954Tempera on masonite board60 × 243  cmBangladesh National Museum[66]
Towing Boat[note 11]1953/1955Gouache on paper25 × 35  cmBangladesh National Museum[67]
Untitled (Two Children)1955Watercolour on paper21 7/8 × 24 5/8 in. (55.6 × 62.5 cm.)The private collection of late Elizabeth Lindsey[68]
Urban House1955Oil on paper32.5 × 51  cmAbul Khair[69]
Foreign Land1956Watercolour on paper35.5 × 28  cm-[70]
In the Streets1956Watercolour on paper30 × 24.5  cm-[70]
On the Coast1956Watercolour on paper28 × 35.5  cm-[71]
Generations1957Oil on canvas43 × 68.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[72]
Manhattan1957Watercolour on paper35.5 × 28  cmBangladesh National Museum[73]
Near Niagara Falls1957Watercolour on paper36 × 31  cm-[74]
Rural Landscape1957Watercolour on paper38 × 50  cmBangladesh National Museum[75]
Levelling the Ploughed Field[note 12]1957/1959Watercolour on paper58 × 75  cmBangladesh National Museum[76][45]
Boat1958Watercolour-×-  cmBangladesh National Museum[77]
The Struggle1959Oil and tempera on masonite board155 × 627  cm-[55]
Angling1950sWatercolour on paper57 × 77.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[78]
Boats on the Hily River1950sWatercolour on paper56 × 76  cmBangladesh National Museum[79]
Chittagong Hill Tracts1950sWatercolour on paper56 × 76  cmBangladesh National Museum[80]
Chittagong Hill Tracts1950sWatercolour on paper56 × 76  cmBangladesh National Museum[79]
Damsel1950sOil on board53 × 46  cmBangladesh National Museum[81]
Dignity of Labour1950sOil on paper56 × 38  cmBangladesh National Museum[82]
Face of a Woman1950sGouache on board70 × 54  cmBangladesh National Museum[83]
Farmer with His Cow1950sWatercolour on paper on board16 × 38  cmBangladesh National Museum[84]
Kalboishakhi1950sWatercolour on paper-×-  cm-[85]
On the Way to Work1950sOil on board47 × 29  cmBangladesh National Museum[86]
Painter1950sGouache and poster colour on paper20 × 13  cmBangladesh National Museum[87]
Santal Men and Women1950sWatercolour on paper56 × 76  cmBangladesh National Museum[51]
Still Life1950sOil on board82 × 61  cmBangladesh National Museum[54]
Toilette1950sWatercolour on paper39 × 36  cmBangladesh National Museum[88]
Toilette1950sOil on paper36.5 × 26.5  cmBangladesh National Museum[89]
Tribal Man1950sOil on board76 × 56  cmBangladesh National Museum[90]
Tribal Woman1950sOil on board76 × 56  cmBangladesh National Museum[91]
River Buriganga1966Watercolour on paper56 × 75  cmShafiqul & Selima Islam[92]
Toilette1966Acrylic on paper27 × 21.5  cmJahanara Abedin[93]
River1967Watercolour on paper54 × 74  cmSyed Manzur Elahi[94]
Toilette1967Oil on canvas76 × 102  cmHamida Hossain[95]
Bamboo Fort of Titumir1968Mixed media on board122 × 144  cmBangladesh National Museum[96]
Moyurakhhi Village1968Watercolour on paper52 × 74  cm-[97]
Rebel Cows1968Watercolour on paper54 × 74  cm-[98]
Santal Men and Women1968Watercolour on paper52 × 74  cm-[99]
Study for a Painting1969Watercolour on paper11 × 31  cmBangladesh National Museum[100]
Towing Boat1968Watercolour on paper54 × 74  cm-[98]
Untitled (Santhal Women)1969Oil on canvas155.3 × 68.6  cm-[101]
Boats1960sWatercolour on paper56 × 76  cmBangladesh National Museum[102]
Fishing1960sWatercolour on paper56 × 76  cmBangladesh National Museum[103]
Fishing1969Oil on paper6.5 × 30  cmJahanara Abedin[100]
Mosque1960sWatercolour on paper56 × 76  cmBangladesh National Museum[104]
River View at Sadarghat1960sWatercolour on paper56 × 76  cmBangladesh National Museum[105]
Steamer on River Buriganga1960sWatercolour on paper56 × 76  cmBangladesh National Museum[102]
Gypsy Boat1970Oil on canvas68 × 251  cmBangladesh National Museum[106]
Life in Bangladesh1970Wax, black ink, and watercolour on paper120 × 1980  cm-[107]
Monpura1970Watercolour and wax on paper27.5 × 36  cmJahanara Abedin[108]
Monpura1970Watercolour and wax on paper27.5 × 36  cmJahanara Abedin[108]
Nabanna1970Watercolour and wax on paper scroll105 × 1,950  cmBangladesh National Museum[109]
Returning Home1970Oil on canvas99 × 244  cmBangladesh National Museum[110]
Sailing Boats1970Watercolour on paper19 × 28  cmJahanara Abedin[111]
Two Faces1970Acrylic on paper55 × 75  cmMuhammad Aziz Khan[112]
Bangladesh Liberation war1971-×-  cm-
Birangana (Unsung Ballads)1971Oil on canvas91.5 × 96.5  cmJahanara Abedin[113]
The Return1971Watercolour on paper11.5 × 60  cmJahanara Abedin[114]
Bride with a Mirror1972Acrylic on paper96.5 × 71  cmJahanara Abedin[115]
Composition[note 13]1972Oil on canvas99 × 127  cmBangladesh National Museum[116]
Resting1972Acrylic on paper36 × 26.5  cmJahanara Abedin[117]
Fishing Boats1973Watercolour on paper14 × 19  cmJahanara Abedin[118]
Fishing Boats1973Oil on canvas82 × 112  cmMustafa Zaman Abbasi[119]
Women with Pitchers1973Oil on canvas98 × 151  cmSyed Manzur Elahi[120]
Towing Boat1974Watercolour and wax on paper56 × 76  cmJahanara Abedin[121]
Bathing1976Oil on canvas109 × 184  cmJahanara Abedin[122]
Struggle1976Oil on canvas60 × 243  cmJahanara Abedin[123]
Untitled (Unfinished)1970sOil on canvas76 × 97  cmBangladesh National Museum[124]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Also called Banani Dumka[2]
  2. ↑ Also called Harvest[7]
  3. ↑ Also called Girl Reading in a Chair[15]
  4. ↑ Also called Storm[38]
  5. ↑ Also called Retreat[43]
  6. ↑ Also called From the Market (Santhal)[45]
  7. ↑ Also called Two Santhal Women[48]
  8. ↑ Also called Village Maiden[43]
  9. ↑ Also called Bride[61]
  10. ↑ Also called Two Faces[45] or Two Women[15]
  11. ↑ Also called Boatman[38]
  12. ↑ Also called Harrowing[45]
  13. ↑ Also called Untitled Abstract Composition[77]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Islam, Nazrul (1997). Jaẏanula Ābedina, ta̐mra kāja o katha. Ḍhāka: Bāṃlādeśa Śilpakalā Ekāḍemi. ISBN 9845550126.
  2. ↑ Selim 2007, p. 298
  3. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 66
  4. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 65
  5. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 67
  6. ↑ Selim 2007, p. 299
  7. 1 2 Selim 2007, p. 300
  8. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 68
  9. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 58
  10. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 89
  11. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 124
  12. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 153
  13. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 159
  14. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 156
  15. 1 2 3 Selim 2007, p. 353
  16. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 158
  17. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 71
  18. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 72
  19. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 142
  20. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 143
  21. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 144
  22. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 145
  23. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 146
  24. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 147
  25. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 148
  26. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 149
  27. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 150
  28. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 151
  29. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 73
  30. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 74
  31. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 25
  32. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 24
  33. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 76
  34. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 75
  35. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 152
  36. ↑ Dadi 2010, pp. 104–105
  37. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 164
  38. 1 2 Illustrated 1968, p. 16
  39. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 166
  40. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 187
  41. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 170
  42. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 185
  43. 1 2 3 Illustrated 1968, p. 17
  44. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 177
  45. 1 2 3 4 Illustrated 1968, p. 15
  46. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 172
  47. ↑ Jahangir 1993
  48. ↑ Illustrated 1968, p. 1
  49. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 173
  50. ↑ Dadi 2010, p. 105
  51. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 176
  52. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 29
  53. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 186
  54. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 182
  55. 1 2 Dadi 2010, p. 106
  56. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 193
  57. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 198
  58. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 189
  59. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 192
  60. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 196
  61. 1 2 Illustrated 1968, p. 14
  62. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 194
  63. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 199
  64. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 191
  65. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 195
  66. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 39
  67. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 200
  68. ↑ "Zainul Abedin". Arcadja.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  69. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 50
  70. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 207
  71. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 206
  72. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 222
  73. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 220
  74. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 30
  75. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 221
  76. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 225
  77. 1 2 Selim 2007, p. 354
  78. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 175
  79. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 203
  80. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 202
  81. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 181
  82. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 179
  83. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 180
  84. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 197
  85. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 38
  86. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 178
  87. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 184
  88. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 168
  89. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 183
  90. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 205
  91. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 204
  92. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 234
  93. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 235
  94. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 237
  95. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 238
  96. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 242
  97. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 240
  98. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 241
  99. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 34
  100. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 244
  101. ↑ "Zainul Abedin (1914-1976)". Christie's.
  102. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 229
  103. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 228
  104. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 230
  105. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 227
  106. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 250
  107. ↑ Dadi 2010, p. 102
  108. 1 2 Falvo 2012, p. 280
  109. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 267
  110. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 248
  111. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 252
  112. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 253
  113. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 285
  114. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 40
  115. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 296
  116. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 299
  117. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 297
  118. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 42
  119. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 302
  120. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 300
  121. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 307
  122. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 315
  123. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 316
  124. ↑ Falvo 2012, p. 303

References

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