Qayyum Chowdhury

Qayyum Chowdhury
Qayyum Chowdhury was a first generation artist of Bangladesh. He was a Freelance artist and graphic designer. His artworks are exceptional through the reflection of Bangladesh's natural beauty and scenery.  
He was born on 09 March 1932 at Feni, Bangladesh. He was a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Institute of Fine Arts of University of Dhaka.He serve as teacher of the Government Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh for 37 years and retired as Professor in 1997.
He was awarded Imperial Court Prize from Tehran Binnale in 1966; Shilpakala Academy Award in 1977; Ekushey Padak in 1986; Sixth Bangabandhu Award in 1994; Sultan Padak in 1999; Sheltech Award in 2000.