Zainul Abedin's simplistic drawings of rural Bengali women focus on their resilience and strength rather than individual beauty. By omitting facial details, he universalizes their experience, giving them a voice beyond traditional, sentimental portrayals.
Today, on the 110th birth anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin, we celebrate not only the artist but also the visionary whose profound contributions shaped modern Bangladeshi art that gave a voice to the voiceless.
At the "Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art" auction, organised by Sotheby’s in New York on Thursday (September 26), Abedin’s painting "Untitled" was sold for US $692,048, or approximately Tk 8.27 crore. This marks the highest price ever paid for a Bangladeshi artwork at auction.
