Syed Jahangir is a prominent free-lance artist of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. He was born in Satkhira

Satkhira District

The district of Satkhira consists 3296 mosques, 1305 temples, 59 churches, 35 Buddhist temples, 8 tombs and 45 shrines.-Subdivisions:Satkhira subdivision was established in 1861 under Jessore district. It was included into Khulna district in 1882. The subdivision was upgraded into a district in...

 on January 2, 1935. He graduated in Fine Arts from Govt. Art Institute of Arts and Crafts, presently Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka

University of Dhaka

The University of Dhaka is the oldest university in Bangladesh. It is a multi-disciplinary research university and is among the top universities in the region. Established on July 21, 1921, as per the Government of India Act, 1920, it was modelled on the Universities in England and soon gained...

. He has been painting for 55 years including 9000 oils, watercolors

Watercolor painting

Watercolor or watercolour , also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle...

 and mixed medias. Through his career, Syed Jahangir has held 35 solo and 1 group exhibition. On February 22, 2007, one exhibition of Syed Jahangir was held in Chitrak Gallery along with other renowned painters such as Nitun Kundu

Nitun Kundu

Nitun Kundu Nitun Kundu Nitun Kundu (full name: Nitya Gopal Kundu (born: December 3, 1935 - September 15, 2006) was a Bangladeshi artist, sculptor and entrepreneur, who was known for bringing new trends in abstract and realistic art to the Bangladeshi arts scene...

, Samarjit Chowdhury, Rafiqun Nabi, Mahmudul Haque, Hamiduzzaman Khan and Hashem Khan.

Awards

Syed Jahangir received the following awards:

• 2005 Shashi Bhushan honurable Award
• 2005 Sultan Smrity Gold Medal
• 2000 Michael Madhusudan Academy Award
• 1992 Bangladesh Charushilpi Sangsad Honour, Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Birth Anniversary, Dhaka
• 1988 Satkhira Press Club Award
• 1985 Ekushey Padak
  Ekushey Padak
  Ekushey Padak is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 that took place on February 21, 1952.-2001:*Shah Abdul Karim...
  
  
• 1975 Honorable mention Award at the National Art Exhibition, Dhaka
• 1958 Leaders' and Specialists' Exchange grant by the US Education Foundation