Rafiqun Nabi
| Rafiqun Nabi | |
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 Rafiqun Nabi in 2011 | |
| Born |
November 28, 1943 Chapai Nawabganj, British Raj (now in Bangladesh) |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Other names | Ranabi (রনবী) |
| Education | BFA, College of Arts and Crafts (1964) |
| Occupation | Artist, cartoonist |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Known for | Painting, woodcut prints, cartoons |
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Rafiqun Nabi (Bengali: রফিকুন নবী; also Ranabi, born 1943) is a Bangladeshi artist and cartoonist. Nabi's most famous creation is Tokai, a character symbolizing the poor street boys of Dhaka who lives on picking things from dustbins or begging and having a knack of telling simple yet painful truths about current political and socio-economic situation of the country.[1][2] He has written few stories in Prothom Alo newspaper of Bangladesh.
Career
Nabi was born in Nawabganj District in northwest Bangladesh in 1943.[3] He graduated from Pogose School, Dhaka. He enrolled in the College of Arts and Crafts (later renamed Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka).[3] There, he studied under the supervision of artists like Zainul Abedin and Quamrul Hassan. Nabi received a scholarship from the Asia Foundation between 1962-64. After his graduation, he joined the institute as a faculty. He went to Athens and studied art between 1973-1976 under a scholarship from the Government of Greece.[3]
Awards
- Ekushey Padak (1993)
References
- ↑ Hossain, Takir (25 April 2013). "Rafiqun Nabi maintains relevance, brilliance". Dhaka Courier. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
- ↑ Haq, Fayza (16 May 2014). "Rafiqun Nabi – Recreating the Joy of Life". The Daily Star.
- 1 2 3 "Rafiqun Nabi". Bengal Foundation. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
Further reading
- Mansur, Abul (2012). "Paintings". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Although more well-known as a book cover designer and cartoonist, Rafiqun Nabi is now a leading pictographist of the country, especially after his overseas training. He arranges his subjects somewhat in folk and somewhat in geometric styles.
- Yee, Amy (13 March 2014). "In Bangladesh, a vibrant contemporary scene". The New York Times.
- Lent, John A. (2015). Asian Comics. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 513–. ISBN 978-1-62674-294-9.