Hemen Majumdar

Hemendranath Majumdar, also Mazumdar (1894–1948), was a Bengali painter.^[2]

Hemendranath Majumdar
Born	(1894-09-19)19 September 1894 Kishoreganj, British India[1]
Died	22 July 1948(1948-07-22) (aged 53)[1] Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Painting

Early life

Majumdar was born in Kishoreganj in British India (now in Bangladesh).^[1]

In 1910, he joined The Government School of Art in Calcutta (now Government College of Art & Craft Kolkata), and from 1911 to 1915 studied at Jubilee Art School, Calcutta.^[3]

Career

Hemen Majumdar painted the gates to welcome King George V, on his visit to India in 1911.^{[citation needed]}

In 1919, he founded Indian Academy of Fine Art in Calcutta along with Jogeshchandra Seal, Jamini Roy, Bhabani Charan Laha and Atul Bose.^{[citation needed]}

He also published a journal, Shilpi, with A.C. Mukhopadhyay.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002 one of his paintings was stolen and found with an art dealer.^[4]

Works

• Cure of all Ills - Painted Mahatma Gandhi spinning thread
• Kaner - Dul - Earring

Awards

• 1921-22 First Prize, Bombay Art Exhibition, Bombay