List of paintings by Zainul Abedin

This list of paintings by the Bengali painter Zainul Abedin is incomplete.^[1]

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]

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List of paintings by Zainul Abedin

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