Syed Abdullah Khalid
{{short description|Bangladeshi sculptor and painter}}
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| birth_date = {{circa|1942}}
| birth_place = Sylhet, Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{death date|2017|05|20|df=y}} (aged 75)
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| nationality = Bangladeshi
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| occupation = Sculptor, artist, academician
| notable_works = Aparajeyo Bangla
| awards = Ekushey Padak, Shilpakala Padak
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Syed Abdullah Khalid ({{circa|1942}} — 20 May 2017) was a Bangladeshi sculptor and painter.{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/arts/2017/05/21/aparajeyo-bangla-sculptor-syed-abdullah-khalid-passes-away|title=Aparajeyo Bangla sculptor Syed Abdullah Khalid passes away|date=May 21, 2017|accessdate=May 30, 2017|newspaper=bdnews24.com}}{{cite news|last=Hossain|first=Takir|title=Liberation War in Sculpture|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=227322|accessdate=18 December 2012|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=23 March 2012}}{{cite web|title=Artist Profile: Syed Abdullah Khalid|url=http://www.bengalfoundation.org/index.php?view=artist/ArtistProfile.php&artistID=231&page=5|website=Bengal Foundation|accessdate=18 December 2012}} He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in February 2017.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/17-named-ekushey-padak-2017-1360108|title=17 named for Ekushey Padak 2017|date=February 13, 2017|accessdate=February 12, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}
Early life and education
Khalid was born in Sylhet in the then British India. He completed his BFA in painting in 1969 from East Pakistan College of Arts and Crafts (presently Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) and did his MFA in painting and sculpture from the University of Chittagong in 1974.
Career and work
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Khalid's works included distinctive commissions like Aparajeyo Bangla, a monument on liberation war of Bangladesh in the University of Dhaka campus (1973–79), the terracotta relief on socio-cultural heritage at the Bangladesh Bank headquarters (1995–96) and a 447 square foot mural Abahaman Bangla at the Bangladesh Television Center (1974).{{cite news|last=Hossain|first=Takir|title=Sculpting Icons:Artist Syed Abdullah Khalid makes a comeback after 12 years|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=177827|accessdate=18 December 2012|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=16 March 2011}} He also designed the central shaheed minar of Chittagong university.
Khalid had exhibited solo three times since and he was awarded first prize in the Second National Sculpture Exhibition organized by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in 1983. At various times he was nominated judge by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy for national level exhibitions. In 1987 he was appointed team leader for participation in SAARC Workshop on Traditional Terracotta held in Madras, India. His works can be seen in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, the Prime Minister's Residence and other important private and institutional collections.
Khalid was a professor of sculpture at Institute of Fine Arts, the University of Chittagong till 2012.
Honors
The Government of Bangladesh issued a commemorative stamp (1990–91) and a silver coin (1998) showing Khalid's most notable work, Aparajeyo Bangla. He was awarded Shilpakala Padak in 2014 and Ekushey Padak in 2017.
Death
Khalid was taken to Dhaka's Central Hospital on 2 May 2017 from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and then transferred to BIRDEM's intensive care unit on 10 May. He died on 20 May at the age of 75.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/sculptor-syed-abdullah-khalid-passes-away-1408483|title='Aparajeyo Bangla' sculptor Syed Abdullah Khalid passes away|work=The Daily Star|date=21 May 2017|accessdate=21 May 2017}}
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Category:Bangladeshi sculptors
Category:University of Dhaka alumni
Category:University of Dhaka Faculty of Fine Arts alumni
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Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
Category:People from Sylhet Division
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