Kalidas Karmakar

Kalidas Karmakar died on October 18, 2019.

Kalidas Karmakar was 73 years old at the time of death.

Kalidas Karmakar was born on January 10, 1946.

Kalidas Karmakar was a painter.

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

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. 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.

He died on 18 October 2019 at the age of 73.