In his painting, he explored the underlying connection between humans and nature. Through his keen eyes, he devoured the beauty of every little detail and expressed his love through calculative brush strokes and purposeful symbolism. He paints what he sees, he captures what he feels and in the painting, he did exactly that. He framed the rawest and most seen event of rural Bangla with oil colors on canvas. An event, that is often overlooked, often shoved in the background amongst the crowd of all the glamorized works but is an integral part of our everyday life. In his realistic approach of abstraction, he found beauty in that and painted two women in the color of the sun against bright rich blue. He highlights the everyday life of women and captures them in drying washed clothes.
Syed Jahangir
Syed Jahangir was born in Satkhira on 2 January 1935. He graduated in Fine Arts from the Government Art Institute of Arts and Crafts (now Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka). In 1958, he received a Ford Foundation Fellowship and traveled to the USA, where he became familiar with the works of American artists. Jahangir joined the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy as the departmental head in 1977, after a stint of 22 years as a free-lance painter. During his tenure, the Academy launched two important initiatives, a national mobile art exhibition and the first edition of the Asian Art Biennale of Bangladesh.
He painted for over 55 years including 9000 oils, watercolors, and mixed media. Throughout his career, Jahangir has held 35 solo and 1 group exhibition. His notable paintings include Attmar Ujjibon, Ullas, Dhoni, Ojana-Oneshya, and Osoni-Sangkat.
He received the honorable Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 1985. His other achievements include Hamidur Rahman Award, Lifetime Achievement Award by Berger Bangladesh, Shashi Bhushan honorable award, Sultan Smrity Gold Medal, Michael Madhusudan Academy Award, Bangladesh Charushilpi Sangsad Honour, Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Birth Anniversary, Dhaka, and the Honourable Mention Award in the 1st National Art Exhibition.
In 2018 after he passed away, he was laid to rest in his village.
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Artist Art Style
Syed Jahangir has gone through various phases of experimentation both in an abstract representation of visual reality and in the formalized expression of aesthetic experience. And his style is something between impressionism and reality. He brought symbolism in his works and created a gateway for nature loves.
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