Kalidas Karmakar

Kalidas Karmakar (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019)^[1] was a Bangladeshi artist.^[2] He specialized in viscosity printing.^[3] He was awarded Shilpakala Padak (2016) and the Ekushey Padak (2018)^[4] by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts.^[5]

Kalidas Karmakar
Karmakar in 2016
Born	(1946-01-10)10 January 1946 Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	18 October 2019(2019-10-18) (aged 73)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Government College of Art & Craft
Known for	printmaking, painting

Early life

Karmakar completed a two-year pre-degree course at Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka. In 1969, he later graduated from Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata.^[1] His first ever-major solo exhibition was held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery in August 1976. He worked with the English painter Stanley William Hayter.^[3]

He died on 18 October 2019 at the age of 73.^[6]

Awards

• Sultan Gold Award (2015)^[7]
• Shilpakala Padak (2016)^[5]
• Ekushey Padak (2018)^[4]