List of paintings by Zainul Abedin

This list of paintings by the Bengali painter Zainul Abedin is incomplete.^[1]

Image	Title	Year	Technique	Dimensions	Collection	Notes
	Dumka Forest	1934	Watercolour on paper	37 × 28  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[2]
	Study: Village Pathway	1934	Watercolour on paper	28 × 22.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[3]
	Zoo Study	1935	Watercolour on paper	-×-  cm	-	[4]
	Harvesting	1938	Oil on canvas	-×-  cm	-	[5]
	Famine	1943	Watercolour on paper	38 × 29.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[6]
	Tea Stall	1943	Oil on canvas	57.5 × 75  cm	Abul Khair	[7]
	Waiting	1943	Watercolour on paper	37 × 56  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[8]
	Angling	1946	Watercolour on paper	57.5 × 77.5  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[9]
	40/2 Abdul Hadi Lane	1948	Oil on board	26.5 × 19  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[10]
	Harvest	1948	Watercolour on paper	57.5 × 77.5  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[11]
	Reading	1948	Oil on board	26.5 × 19  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[12]
	Still Life	1948	Oil on canvas	76 × 56  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[12]
	Dumka	1940s	Oil on board	23 × 33  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[13]
	Dumka	1940s	Oil on board	23 × 33  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[14]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	29 × 38.5  cm	Abul Khair	[15]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	28 × 38  cm	Abul Khair	[15]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	28 × 38  cm	Abul Khair	[16]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	28 × 38  cm	Abul Khair	[17]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	38 × 28.5  cm	Abul Khair	[18]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	28 × 38  cm	Abul Khair	[19]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	37 × 27  cm	Abul Khair	[20]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	38 × 28  cm	Abul Khair	[21]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	28 × 38  cm	Abul Khair	[22]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	28 × 38  cm	Abul Khair	[23]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	25.5 × 38  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[24]
	Dumka	1940s	Watercolour on paper	28.5 × 38.5  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[24]
	Dumka Landscape	1940s	Oil on board	19.5 × 32.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[25]
	Dumka Landscape	1940s	Oil on board	19.5 × 32.5  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[26]
	Girl in the Garden	1940s	Watercolour on paper	72 × 64.5  cm	Abul Khair	[27]
	Hut	1940s	Watercolour on paper	13.5 × 28.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[28]
	Portrait	1940s	Oil on board	24 × 16.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[29]
	Santal Landscape	1940s	Watercolour on paper	38 × 28  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[30]
	Silent Trio	1940s	Watercolour on paper	29 × 39  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[31]
	Santhal Maidens	c. 1950	Oil	-×-  cm	-	[32]
	After Fishing	1950	Watercolour on paper	57 × 77.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[33]
	Kalboishakhi	1950	Watercolour on paper	57 × 75  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[34]
	After Bathing	1951	Watercolour on paper	68 × 41.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[35]
	Crossing the Moyurakhhi	1951	Watercolour on paper	57 × 75.5  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[36]
	Mother and Child	1951	Tempera on paper	54.5 × 26  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[37]
	Mother and Child	1951	Tempera on paper	53 × 34.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[37]
	Rebel Cow	1951	Watercolour on paper	58.5 × 76  cm	-	[38]
	Santal Couple	1951	Watercolour on paper	68.5 × 54.5  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[39]
	Santal Man and Woman	1951	Watercolour on paper	58.4 × 73.7  cm		[40]
	Santal Women	1951	Watercolour on paper	81.5 × 67  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[41]
	Two Santhal Women	1951	Watercolour on paper	73.7 × 58.5  cm	-	[42]
	Waiting for the Ferry to Cross the Brahmaputra	1951	Watercolour on soft-board paper	34 × 52  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[43]
	Woman	1951	Tempera on paper	50.5 × 14.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[44]
	Woman with a Pitcher	1951	Watercolour on paper	54 × 41  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[45]
	Beauty Regime / Women Dressing Hair	1953	Oil on paper	51 × 36  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[46][47]
	Face of a Woman	1953	Gouache on paper	26.5 × 20  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[48]
	Family	1953	Watercolour on paper	70 × 38  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[49]
	Mother and Child	1953	Watercolour on paper	29 × 23  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[50]
	Painyar Ma	1953	Gouache on paper	32 × 23  cm	-	[51]
	Peasant	1953	Watercolour on paper	30.5 × 18  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[52]
	Reflecting	1953	Tempera on paper	37.5 × 27  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[53]
	Snake Charmers	1953	Tempera on paper	34.5 × 17  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[54]
	Three Women	1953	Tempera on paper	38 × 28  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[48]
	Two Sisters	1953	Gouache on paper	29 × 23  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[55]
	Woman	1953	Tempera on paper	45.5 × 29  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[56]
	Struggle	1954	Tempera on masonite board	60 × 243  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[57]
	Towing Boat	1955	Gouache on paper	25 × 35  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[58]
	Untitled (Two Children)	1955	Watercolour on paper	21 7/8 × 24 5/8 in. (55.6 × 62.5 cm.)	The private collection of late Elizabeth Lindsey	[59]
	Urban House	1955	Oil on paper	32.5 × 51  cm	Abul Khair	[60]
	Foreign Land	1956	Watercolour on paper	35.5 × 28  cm	-	[61]
	In the Streets	1956	Watercolour on paper	30 × 24.5  cm	-	[61]
	On the Coast	1956	Watercolour on paper	28 × 35.5  cm	-	[62]
	Generations	1957	Oil on canvas	43 × 68.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[63]
	Manhattan	1957	Watercolour on paper	35.5 × 28  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[64]
	Near Niagara Falls	1957	Watercolour on paper	36 × 31  cm	-	[65]
	Rural Landscape	1957	Watercolour on paper	38 × 50  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[66]
	Levelling the Ploughed Field	1959	Watercolour on paper	58 × 75  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[67]
	The Struggle	1959	Oil and tempera on masonite board	155 × 627  cm	-	[47]
	Angling	1950s	Watercolour on paper	57 × 77.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[68]
	Boats on the Hily River	1950s	Watercolour on paper	56 × 76  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[69]
	Chittagong Hill Tracts	1950s	Watercolour on paper	56 × 76  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[70]
	Chittagong Hill Tracts	1950s	Watercolour on paper	56 × 76  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[69]
	Damsel	1950s	Oil on board	53 × 46  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[71]
	Dignity of Labour	1950s	Oil on paper	56 × 38  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[72]
	Face of a Woman	1950s	Gouache on board	70 × 54  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[73]
	Farmer with His Cow	1950s	Watercolour on paper on board	16 × 38  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[74]
	Kalboishakhi	1950s	Watercolour on paper	-×-  cm	-	[75]
	On the Way to Work	1950s	Oil on board	47 × 29  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[76]
	Painter	1950s	Gouache and poster colour on paper	20 × 13  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[77]
	Santal Men and Women	1950s	Watercolour on paper	56 × 76  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[43]
	Still Life	1950s	Oil on board	82 × 61  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[46]
	Toilette	1950s	Watercolour on paper	39 × 36  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[78]
	Toilette	1950s	Oil on paper	36.5 × 26.5  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[79]
	Tribal Man	1950s	Oil on board	76 × 56  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[80]
	Tribal Woman	1950s	Oil on board	76 × 56  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[81]
	River Buriganga	1966	Watercolour on paper	56 × 75  cm	Shafiqul & Selima Islam	[82]
	Toilette	1966	Acrylic on paper	27 × 21.5  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[83]
	River	1967	Watercolour on paper	54 × 74  cm	Syed Manzur Elahi	[84]
	Toilette	1967	Oil on canvas	76 × 102  cm	Hamida Hossain	[85]
	Bamboo Fort of Titumir	1968	Mixed media on board	122 × 144  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[86]
	Moyurakhhi Village	1968	Watercolour on paper	52 × 74  cm	-	[87]
	Rebel Cows	1968	Watercolour on paper	54 × 74  cm	-	[88]
	Santal Men and Women	1968	Watercolour on paper	52 × 74  cm	-	[89]
	Study for a Painting	1969	Watercolour on paper	11 × 31  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[90]
	Towing Boat	1968	Watercolour on paper	54 × 74  cm	-	[88]
	Untitled (Santhal Women)	1969	Oil on canvas	155.3 × 68.6  cm	-	[91]
	Boats	1960s	Watercolour on paper	56 × 76  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[92]
	Fishing	1960s	Watercolour on paper	56 × 76  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[93]
	Fishing	1969	Oil on paper	6.5 × 30  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[90]
	Mosque	1960s	Watercolour on paper	56 × 76  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[94]
	River View at Sadarghat	1960s	Watercolour on paper	56 × 76  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[95]
	Steamer on River Buriganga	1960s	Watercolour on paper	56 × 76  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[92]
	Gypsy Boat	1970	Oil on canvas	68 × 251  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[96]
	Life in Bangladesh	1970	Wax, black ink, and watercolour on paper	120 × 1980  cm	-	[97]
	Monpura	1970	Watercolour and wax on paper	27.5 × 36  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[98]
	Monpura	1970	Watercolour and wax on paper	27.5 × 36  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[98]
	Nabanna	1970	Watercolour and wax on paper scroll	105 × 1,950  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[99]
	Returning Home	1970	Oil on canvas	99 × 244  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[100]
	Sailing Boats	1970	Watercolour on paper	19 × 28  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[101]
	Two Faces	1970	Acrylic on paper	55 × 75  cm	Muhammad Aziz Khan	[102]
	Bangladesh Liberation war	1971		-×-  cm	-
	Birangana (Unsung Ballads)	1971	Oil on canvas	91.5 × 96.5  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[103]
	The Return	1971	Watercolour on paper	11.5 × 60  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[104]
	Bride with a Mirror	1972	Acrylic on paper	96.5 × 71  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[105]
	Composition	1972	Oil on canvas	99 × 127  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[106]
	Resting	1972	Acrylic on paper	36 × 26.5  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[107]
	Fishing Boats	1973	Watercolour on paper	14 × 19  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[108]
	Fishing Boats	1973	Oil on canvas	82 × 112  cm	Mustafa Zaman Abbasi	[109]
	Women with Pitchers	1973	Oil on canvas	98 × 151  cm	Syed Manzur Elahi	[110]
	Towing Boat	1974	Watercolour and wax on paper	56 × 76  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[111]
	Bathing	1976	Oil on canvas	109 × 184  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[112]
	Struggle	1976	Oil on canvas	60 × 243  cm	Jahanara Abedin	[113]
	Untitled (Unfinished)	1970s	Oil on canvas	76 × 97  cm	Bangladesh National Museum	[114]

Zainul Abedin

Notes and references

Notes

1. Islam, Nazrul (1997). Jaẏanula Ābedina, ta̐mra kāja o katha. Ḍhāka: Bāṃlādeśa Śilpakalā Ekāḍemi. ISBN 9845550126.
2. Falvo 2012, p. 66
3. Falvo 2012, p. 65
4. Falvo 2012, p. 67
5. Falvo 2012, p. 68
6. Falvo 2012, p. 58
7. Falvo 2012, p. 89
8. Falvo 2012, p. 124
9. Falvo 2012, p. 153
10. Falvo 2012, p. 159
11. Falvo 2012, p. 156
12. Falvo 2012, p. 158
13. Falvo 2012, p. 71
14. Falvo 2012, p. 72
15. Falvo 2012, p. 142
16. Falvo 2012, p. 143
17. Falvo 2012, p. 144
18. Falvo 2012, p. 145
19. Falvo 2012, p. 146
20. Falvo 2012, p. 147
21. Falvo 2012, p. 148
22. Falvo 2012, p. 149
23. Falvo 2012, p. 150
24. Falvo 2012, p. 151
25. Falvo 2012, p. 73
26. Falvo 2012, p. 74
27. Falvo 2012, p. 25
28. Falvo 2012, p. 24
29. Falvo 2012, p. 76
30. Falvo 2012, p. 75
31. Falvo 2012, p. 152
32. Dadi 2010, pp. 104–105
33. Falvo 2012, p. 164
34. Falvo 2012, p. 166
35. Falvo 2012, p. 187
36. Falvo 2012, p. 170
37. Falvo 2012, p. 185
38. Falvo 2012, p. 177
39. Falvo 2012, p. 172
40. Jahangir 1993
41. Falvo 2012, p. 173
42. Dadi 2010, p. 105
43. Falvo 2012, p. 176
44. Falvo 2012, p. 29
45. Falvo 2012, p. 186
46. Falvo 2012, p. 182
47. Dadi 2010, p. 106
48. Falvo 2012, p. 193
49. Falvo 2012, p. 198
50. Falvo 2012, p. 189
51. Falvo 2012, p. 192
52. Falvo 2012, p. 196
53. Falvo 2012, p. 194
54. Falvo 2012, p. 199
55. Falvo 2012, p. 191
56. Falvo 2012, p. 195
57. Falvo 2012, p. 39
58. Falvo 2012, p. 200
59. "Zainul Abedin". Arcadja.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
60. Falvo 2012, p. 50
61. Falvo 2012, p. 207
62. Falvo 2012, p. 206
63. Falvo 2012, p. 222
64. Falvo 2012, p. 220
65. Falvo 2012, p. 30
66. Falvo 2012, p. 221
67. Falvo 2012, p. 225
68. Falvo 2012, p. 175
69. Falvo 2012, p. 203
70. Falvo 2012, p. 202
71. Falvo 2012, p. 181
72. Falvo 2012, p. 179
73. Falvo 2012, p. 180
74. Falvo 2012, p. 197
75. Falvo 2012, p. 38
76. Falvo 2012, p. 178
77. Falvo 2012, p. 184
78. Falvo 2012, p. 168
79. Falvo 2012, p. 183
80. Falvo 2012, p. 205
81. Falvo 2012, p. 204
82. Falvo 2012, p. 234
83. Falvo 2012, p. 235
84. Falvo 2012, p. 237
85. Falvo 2012, p. 238
86. Falvo 2012, p. 242
87. Falvo 2012, p. 240
88. Falvo 2012, p. 241
89. Falvo 2012, p. 34
90. Falvo 2012, p. 244
91. "Zainul Abedin (1914-1976)". Christie's.
92. Falvo 2012, p. 229
93. Falvo 2012, p. 228
94. Falvo 2012, p. 230
95. Falvo 2012, p. 227
96. Falvo 2012, p. 250
97. Dadi 2010, p. 102
98. Falvo 2012, p. 280
99. Falvo 2012, p. 267
100. Falvo 2012, p. 248
101. Falvo 2012, p. 252
102. Falvo 2012, p. 253
103. Falvo 2012, p. 285
104. Falvo 2012, p. 40
105. Falvo 2012, p. 296
106. Falvo 2012, p. 299
107. Falvo 2012, p. 297
108. Falvo 2012, p. 42
109. Falvo 2012, p. 302
110. Falvo 2012, p. 300
111. Falvo 2012, p. 307
112. Falvo 2012, p. 315
113. Falvo 2012, p. 316
114. Falvo 2012, p. 303

References

• Dadi, Iftikhar (2010). Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia. The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3358-2.
• Falvo, Rosa Maria, ed. (2012). Zainul Abedin. Bengal Foundation. ISBN 978-88-572-1077-3.
• Jahangir, Burhanuddin Khan (1993). The Quest of Zainul Abedin. Translated by Guhathakurta, Meghna. The International Centre for Bengal Studies. ISBN 984-8127-01-1.