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Zainul Abedin

1914 - 1976

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Zainul Abedin (29 December 1914 – 28 May 1976), also known as Shilpacharya (Master of Art) was a Bangladeshi painter. He became well known in 1944 through his series of paintings depicting some of the great famines in Bengal during its British colonial period. After the Partition of Indian subcontinent he moved to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zainul Abedin has received more than 423,527 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Zainul Abedin is the 1,635th most popular painter, the 38th most popular biography from Bangladesh and the most popular Bangladeshi Painter.

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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Zainul Abedin ranks 1,635 out of 2,023. Before him are Oleksandr Murashko, Emmanuel Lubezki, Laura Muntz Lyall, Ferdinand Keller, Robert Henri, and Bartolomeo della Gatta. After him are Chuck Close, Isidore Pils, Karl von Blaas, Sisto Badalocchio, Juan Manuel Blanes, and Clive Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Zainul Abedin ranks 250. Before him are Orhan Kemal, Sven Jacobsson, John Ireland, Oscar Heisserer, Renato Olmi, and Jaap Bakema. After him are Ehrenfried Patzel, Rosalyn Tureck, Alan Bullock, Claude Mauriac, Dmitry Lavrinenko, and Ted Moore. Among people deceased in 1976, Zainul Abedin ranks 169. Before him are Rudi Fischer, Edith Evans, Veikko Huhtanen, Carlos Fonseca, Mark Tobey, and Markus Reiner. After him are Fritz Rasp, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Yashpal, Marguerite Laugier, Jens Bjørneboe, and Armas Taipale.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Zainul Abedin ranks 38 out of 74. Before him are Taslima Nasrin (1962), Kalpana Datta (1913), Humayun Ahmed (1948), Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929), Surya Sen (1894), and Kamini Roy (1864). After him are Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926), Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), Syed Nazrul Islam (1925), Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909), Nurul Amin (1893), and Suchitra Sen (1931).

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Among PAINTERS In Bangladesh

Among painters born in Bangladesh, Zainul Abedin ranks 1. 

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