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{{Infobox artist<br />
| name = Hemendranath Majumdar<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|09|19|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kishoreganj]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]]) <ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.oldindianarts.in/2010/06/nude-study-by-hemen-mazumder.html|title=Nude Study by Hemen Mazumder|website=Old Indian Arts|accessdate=18 July 2017}}</ref><br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|07|22|1894|09|19|df=y}}<ref name="bio"/><br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| field = [[Painting]]<br />
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'''Hemendranath Majumdar''' (1894–1948) was an [[India]]n painter.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/i-will-stand-up-and-paint-again/articleshow/23497025.cms|title=I will stand up and paint again|work=The Times of India}}</ref> In 2002, there was a huge uproar when his painting was stolen and found with an art dealer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-11-13/kolkata/27234428_1_kejriwal-painting-hemen-majumdar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023235215/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-11-13/kolkata/27234428_1_kejriwal-painting-hemen-majumdar|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-23|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Police doubt art dealer's innocence}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Hemen Majumdar was born in Kishoreganj in [[British India]] (now in Bangladesh).<br />
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In 1910, he joined The Government School of Art in [[Calcutta]] (now [[Government College of Art & Craft]] Kolkata), and from 1911 to 1915 studied at Jubilee Art School, Calcutta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhiartgallery.com/artist/profile-hemen-mazumdar.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715162644/http://www.delhiartgallery.com/artist/profile-hemen-mazumdar.aspx|title=Hemen Mazumdar Profile|website=Delhi Art Gallery|archivedate=15 July 2010|accessdate=18 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Hemen Majumdar painted the gates to welcome [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], on his visit to India in 1911.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
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In 1919, he founded Indian Academy of Fine Art in Calcutta along with Jogeshchandra Seal, [[Jamini Roy]], Bhabani Charan Laha and [[Atul Bose]].{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
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He also published a journal, ''Shilpi'', with A.C. Mukhopadhyay.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
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==Works==<br />
* Cure of all Ills - Painted [[Mahatma Gandhi]] spinning thread<br />
* Kaner - Dul - Earring<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1921-22 First Prize, Bombay Art Exhibition, Bombay<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.kumargallery.com/new/artist/hemendranath_majumdar.htm Profile on Kumar Art Gallery]<br />
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[[Category:1894 births]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian painters]]<br />
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