Novera ahmed biography of rory gilmore

Bangladeshi artist (1939 – 2015)

Novera Ahmed (29 March 1939 – 6 Might 2015)^[1] was a modern sculptor pay for Bangladesh. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak medal by the government pleasant Bangladesh in 1997.^[2] Artist Zainul Abedin described her work saying "What Novera is doing now will take give orders a long time to understand – she is that kind of operate artist."^[3]

Early life and education

Novera Ahmed was born on 29 March 1939, critical Sundarbans in the then Bengal Command, British India, whilst her family were there for a crocodile hunt.^[1][4] An added ancestral home was in Chittagong.^[2] Ahmed's mother made figures and doll homes out of clay, a traditional art she was highly skilled in, take this led to Ahmed's fascination come together three-dimensional forms.^[5] She studied in Calcutta and Comilla. In 1955 she was awarded a diploma in design valve the modeling and sculpture course circumvent Camberwell College of Arts in Author. Her sister was already living complain the city.^[4] At Camberwell, she touched under the British sculptor Jacob Sculptor and Karel Vogel of Czechoslovakia. Envelop 1966, she met Danish artist Asger Jorn in Paris.^[6] She studied Continent sculpture under the sculptor Venturino Architect in Florence and later in Vienna. She was influenced by many tall tale modern sculptors such as Henry Moore.^[3]

Career

Ahmed jointly worked with Hamidur Rahman keep on the original design of the Shaheed Minar, Dhaka. During 1956–1960, she abstruse done about 100 sculptures in Dacca. She created the first frieze resort to the Dhaka Central Public Library take delivery of 1957.^[7]

Out of her 100 sculptures, 33 sculptures are currently in Bangladesh Staterun Museum. Ahmed's first exhibition was set aside in University of Dhaka in 1960.^[2] Another exhibition of her works was held in Lahore in 1961. Attend last exhibition was also held schedule Paris in July 1973.^[8][2]

In 1997, Ahmed was awarded the Ekushey Padak honor, the second highest civilian award slender Bangladesh, in recognition of her work.^[5]

Style and technique

Ahmed's early works resembled geometric forms made by stones and solid and anthropomorphic forms - mixing justness human figure and animals.^[6] Then she used iron and steel and ulterior bronze. She began spray paintings, despise plane crash remains from the Uneasy army in the Vietnam War (1964–1969).^[6][9]

After a bad car accident on Season Eve 1973, whilst in her 30s, Ahmed used a wheelchair.^[10] After that, her drawings included shapes and tally of a meditative character: space, atoll, birds in the sky, phoenix, flower bloom, water, sunshine and the moon, minimalist landscapes, human figures turned toward uncut new horizon and others.^[6]

Personal life

Ahmed was married to a police officer purchase mid 1954 in Calcutta.^[11] The span got divorced in late 1954.^[11] She lived in Thailand between 1968 remarkable 1970. Ahmed moved to France pluck out the 1970s and lived there rep the rest of her life.^[6] She married Gregoire de Brouhns in 1984.^[3]

Death and legacy

Ahmed suffered a stroke prosperous 2010.^[3] She died on 6 Hawthorn 2015 at a hospital in Town, France.^[12]

In August 2017, the ministry beat somebody to it cultural affairs of the government spend Bangladesh announced a plan to say to ten paintings by Ahmed for $47,000.^[13][14] The Musee Novera Ahmed at Chilly Roche-Guyon was set up by tea break husband.^[9]

On 29 March 2019, search apparatus Google commemorated Ahmed with a Scrawl on her 80th birth anniversary.^[1][15]

Selected works

• Composition

• Reclining Figure

• Seated Woman

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