Hamidur Rahman (artist)

Hamidur Rahman (1928 – 19 November 1988) was a Bangladeshi artist and sculptor. He is best known as the architect of the Shaheed Minar, a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh,^[2] established to commemorate the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952.

Rahman's notable work, Shaheed Minar, located near Dhaka Medical College.

Hamidur Rahman
হামিদুর রহমান
A painting by Rahman.
Born	1928 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Died	19 November 1988(1988-11-19) (aged 59–60)
Relatives	Nazir Ahmed (brother) Sayeed Ahmed (brother) [1]
Awards	Ekushey Padak 1980

Gallery

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  oil painting (c. 1980) by Hamidur Rahman
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  A mural painted by Novera and Rahman
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  Original plan and model of Shaheed Minar, 1956

Death

Grave and epitaph of Rahman at Azimpur graveyard, Dhaka

Hamidur Rahman died on 19 November 1988, in Montreal, Canada.