Born 17 August 1932
Died 15 August 2020 (aged 87)
Resting place Banani Graveyard
Murtaja Baseer was a Bangladeshi painter and artist known for his abstract realism themed works. He was also a poet, author, researcher, numismatist, and filmmaker. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh’s second highest civilian honor, in 1980, and the Swadhinata Padak, or Independence Day Award, Bangladesh’s highest state award, in 2019.
- Independence Day Award (2019)
- Ekushey Padak (1980)
- Sultan Padak, Narail (2003)
- Star Lifetime Award (2016)
- Best Cover Design, National Book Centre, Dhaka (1976)
- Academy Award by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (1975)
- Prix National, Festival of Paintings, Cagnes-sur Mer, France (1973)
“Bloody 21st “ - by Artist Murtaja Baseer
This work is in Linocut medium by the legendary artist executed after the incident of 1952 in Dhaka ( spelled Dacca then ) to pay tribute to Late Shaheed Abul Barkat (June 16, 1927 – February 21, 1952) was a protester killed during the Bengali Language Movement which took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh), in 1952.
He is considered a martyr ( Shaheed ) in Bangladesh. Artist Murtaja Baseer had also participated the procession and carried the bullet hit blood stained body of Abul Barkat to Dhaka Medical College Hospital when doctor pronounced Barkat dead .