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Quamrul Hassan ((ベンガル語:কামরুল হাসান), 1921–1988) was a Bangladeshi artist and a patriot. Hassan was born in Kolkata, India on 2 December 1921. In Bangladesh, Hassan's fame as an artist is perhaps only second to that of Zainul Abedin. Hassan is often referred to in Bangladesh as ''Potua'', a word usually associated with folk artists, due to his down to earth style yet very modern in nature as he always added Cubism other than the folk style to his artworks. He was an artist who always tried to represent the culture of his country through his paintings. In addition of his artistic legacy, two of Hassan's work have come to be part of Bangladesh's political history. The first of this is a monstrous rendition of Yahya Khan, the Pakistani president who ordered genocide in Bangladesh. The second was just before his death, mocking the then dictator of Bangladesh, Hossain Mohammad Ershad. This sketch was titled ''Desh aaj bisshobeheyar khoppre'' (Our land is now in the hand of the champion of shamelessness). ==Early life and contribution to Liberation War== Hassan was born in Kolkata, where his father, Muhammad Hashim, was superintendent of the a local Graveyard. He belonged to a conservative family and his father always opposed to his involvement in paintings. But Quamrul's determination and love for painting had defeated his father and he agreed on enrolling Quamrul to Calcutta Government Art School, in 1938, under the condition that young Quamrul had to pay for his own tuition fee. After his enrollment to the school, Quamrul kept himself busy with not only arts but with other activities such as sports and the ''Brotochari'' movement in 1939 and he also joined ARP during the First World War. He developed connections with the Froward Block, Gononatya Andolon (People's Theatre) and even with several leaders of the Communist Party, got involved with the task of mental development of children and teenagers and contributed to decoration of publications. As a result of his involvement in multiple social and cultural activities, he finished his six-year course in the Art School in nine years. Success was inevitable in all of these activities as an outcome of his complete sincerity. As a result of his ten-year-long physical training he secured first position in the B Group of the Inter College Bodybuilding competition in 1945.His skill enabled him to become the 'Nayak' (commander) of the Brotochari movement. His involvement in the movement exposed him to the unimaginable strength inherent in Bengali culture.This experience impelled him to take the responsibility of nurturing Bengali culture throughout his life. After the partition of India, Quamrul, who was still a student, along with his mother and siblings moved to Dhaka, the then capital of the eastern part of the newly founded Pakistan. His hatred for Pakistan was ignited by the incident of 21 February 1965. Ever since then he completely engaged himself in the campaigns against the Pakistanis. He got involved in the non-cooperation movement of March, 1971 and was nominated the chairman of the Resistance Committee of the Hatirpul area. On 23 March, he put up at least ten posters portraying the monstrous face of Yahya Khan which inspired the freedom Fighters greatly. On 25 March 1971, trenches were dug out late night at Hatirpul area under his leadership. Then he left for Kolkata in the first week of April where he arranged an art exhibition in favor of the liberation war. He came back to Dhaka during the last half of December to help develop the newly liberated homeland. He also designed the Flag of Bangladesh. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quamrul Hassan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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