Kalidas Karmakar
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Born10 January 1946
Died18 October 2019 (aged 73)
EducationGovernment College of Art & Craft
Knownforprintmaking, painting
Kalidas Karmakar | |
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 Karmakar in 2016 | |
| Born | 10 January 1946 |
| Died | 18 October 2019 (aged 73) |
| Education | Government College of Art & Craft |
| Known for | printmaking, painting |
Kalidas Karmakar (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019)[1] was a Bangladeshi artist.[2] He specialized in viscosity printing.[3] He was awarded Shilpakala Padak (2016) and the Ekushey Padak (2018)[4] by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts.[5]
Karmakar completed a two-year pre-degree course at Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka. In 1969, he later graduated from Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata.[1] His first ever-major solo exhibition was held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery in August 1976. He worked with the English painter Stanley William Hayter.[3]
He died on 18 October 2019 at the age of 73.[6]
