Nitun Kundu’s life and work were highly inspired by his experience during the liberation war. Throughout his career, he tried to capture his emotions around. And this 2005 watercolor painting was no exception. He uses blue in contrast with yellow and adds orange to take us on a rollercoaster ride of emotion. His purposeful linework brings life to a two-dimensional surface.
Artist Profile
Nitun Kundo
Nitya Gopal Kundu, widely known as Nitun Kundu was a painter, designer, sculptor, and industrialist. Kundu was born in Dinajpur district to his Kayastha parents Gnanendranath Kundu and Binapani Kundu on December 3, 1935. Kundu graduated from Dhaka Art College (now the Institute of Fine Arts) in 1959. In the years leading up to 1971, he worked at the United States Information Service (USIS) in Dhaka designing exhibits and graphics. In 1975, following a brief stint at Bitopi advertising agency, Kundu established his own company, a furniture store featuring his designs, Otobi.
Nitun Kundu received the Ekushey Padak in 1997.
His last participation in a group event was in June 2006 at the Dhaka Art Camp at Savar, organized by Bengal Foundation.
Kundu died of old age complications at Ibrahim Memorial Cardiac Centre in Dhaka Friday morning.
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The Liberation War was the inspiration for Kundu’s most famous work, the sculpture Shabash Bangladesh, a tribute to the fallen freedom fighters of the Mukti Bahini. This is situated on the campus of Rajshahi University. He designed many trophies, crests, and medals for national prizes and awards including Ekushey Padak, National Cinema Prize, President Gold Cup, and Asia Cup cricket prizes, Natun Kuri prize for BTV, International Trade Fair trophy, and President’s trophy for children’s football. He demonstrated skill in designing pavilions, gates, stages, decorative lighting, painting covers of many souvenirs, and posters and logos. His multi-faceted talent was seen in his thoughts on technology and in making nuts and bolts for machines, in designing new machines, and making lifts.
