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{{Short description|Bangladeshi artist (1946–2019)}}
{{infobox artist
|name=Kalidas Karmakar
|image=Kalidas Karmaker 2016.jpg
|caption=Karmakar in 2016
|birth_date={{birth date|1946|01|10|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|death_date= {{Death date and age|2019|10|18|1946|1|10|df=y}}
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|training=[[Government College of Art & Craft]]
|field=printmaking, painting
}}

'''Kalidas Karmakar''' (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019)<ref name=newage/> was a Bangladeshi artist.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/exhibition/creative-journey-200917|title=Creative journey : Kalidas Karmakar's performance art at BNM|date= January 13, 2016|accessdate=July 18, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He specialized in [[viscosity printing]].<ref name=nation/> He was awarded [[Shilpakala Padak]] (2016) and the [[Ekushey Padak]] (2018)<ref name="dhakatribune.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/02/08/21-receive-ekushey-padak/|title=21 to receive Ekushey Padak this year |work=Dhaka Tribune|accessdate=February 18, 2022}}</ref> by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] for his contribution to fine arts.<ref name=padak/>

==Early life==
Karmakar completed a two-year pre-degree course at [[Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka|Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka]]. In 1969, he later graduated from [[Government College of Art & Craft]] in [[Kolkata]].<ref name=newage>{{cite news|url=http://newagebd.net/83342/kalidas-karmakar-celebrates-birth-anniv-with-2-solos/|title=Kalidas Karmakar celebrates birth anniv with 2 solos|date=January 6, 2015|accessdate=July 18, 2017|newspaper=New Age}}</ref> His first ever-major solo exhibition was held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery in August 1976. He worked with the English painter [[Stanley William Hayter]].<ref name=nation>{{cite news|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/75939/alluvial-realization-solo-painting-exhibition-by-kalidas-karmakar-begins.html|title='Alluvial Realization' solo painting exhibition by Kalidas Karmakar begins|date=December 6, 2015|newspaper=The New Nation}}</ref>

He died on 18 October 2019 at the age of 73.<ref>[https://bdnews24.com/arts/2019/10/18/prominent-artist-kalidas-karmakar-dies-at-73 Prominent artist Kalidas Karmakar dies at 73]</ref>
==Awards==
* Sultan Gold Award (2015)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/kalidas-karmakar-to-receive-sultan-award-61958|title=Kalidas Karmakar to receive Sultan award|date=January 28, 2015|accessdate=July 18, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>
* [[Shilpakala Padak]] (2016)<ref name=padak>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/bsa-confer-shilpakala-padak-july-20-1435075|title=BSA to confer Shilpakala Padak on July 20|date=July 19, 2017|accessdate=July 19, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2018)<ref name="dhakatribune.com"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.dhakaartcenter.org/artist_directory/kalidas_karmakar.html|title=Kalidas Karmakar profile on Dhaka Art Center}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.bengalfoundation.org/artist/kalidas-karmakar/|title=Kalidas Karmakar profile on Bengal Foundation}}

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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Faridpur District]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi painters]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka Faculty of Fine Arts alumni]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]

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