Zainul Abedin was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1914. His father's name was Jamir Uddin. He was a police officer. He had a thirst for drawing. For this reason, he got himself admitted into Calcutta Government Art College in 1933. In 1938, he stood first class first from the college. In the same year, he was awarded Gold Medal in the All India Art Exhibition. He drew a lot of pitchers on the Famine of the Second World War in 1939, which earned him a world wide reputation for him. In 1948, he founded the Dhaka Art Institution. He was appointed principal in 1949 of this institution. He retired from this institution in 1967. Zainul Abedin is considered the founding father of Bangladeshi art. He was an artist of outstanding talent and earned an international reputation. For this artistic and visionary qualities, he is referred to as Shilpacharya, meaning "great teacher of art" in Bangladesh. He designed the pages of the Constitution of Bangladesh. He founded the Folk Art Museum al Sonargoan and also Zainul Abedin Shangrahasala, a gallery of his own works in Mymensing, in 1975. He died in 1976.
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