Renowned Bangladeshi sculptor and painter Hamiduzzaman Khan died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital Dhaka on Sunday.
He was 79.
Hamiduzzaman is survived by his wife Ivy Zaman, also a renowned sculptor, and two sons, Zubair Zaman Khan Copper and Zarif Hamiduzzaman.
Ivy said that Hamiduzzaman died at about 10.07am at United Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, after suffering pneumonia and dengue.
Zubair Zaman said that Hamiduzzaman would be buried on Monday afternoon at his ancestral village at Sajgram in Kishoreganj beside an under construction art museum named Hamiduzzaman Khan Sangrahashala.
To pay the final respects to Dhaka University鈥檚 honorary professor Hamiduzzaman, his body was kept at the DU鈥檚 Faculty of Fine Arts premises at 3.30pm on Sunday.聽
All departments of the FFA placed floral wreaths there. Teacher of the sculpture department Nasimul Khabir Duke moderated the event.
Besides, Bangladesh Shilpakala Acadmey, Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology, Dhaka Art College, Bengal Foundation, Bangladesh Asiatic Society, Gallery Cosmos, 3D Art Gallery, Samakal Shilpighosthi and theatre troupe Prachyanat, among others, placed floral wreaths at the event.
Renowned artists, including Syed Abul Barak Alvi, Jamal Ahmed, Rashid Amin, Mustapha Khalid Palash, Goutam Chakraborty and Mustafa Zaman, among others, were present at the event.
His Namaz-e-Janaza was held after the Asr prayers at the Central Mosque of Dhaka University. DU vice-chancellor Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan attended the Namaz-e-Janaza.
Hamiduzzaman Khan was born on March 16, 1946, at Shohosram village near Gochihata in Katiadi under Kishoreganj district. He received his bachelor of fine arts in 1967 from the then-East Pakistan College of Arts and Crafts, now the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University.
He served as a faculty member at the sculpture department at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University from 1970 to 2012. He earned his master鈥檚 degree from the MS University of Baroda in India in 1976.
His major sculptures include Ekattorer Shmorone, Songshoptok at Jahangirnagar University, Hamla at Sylhet Cantonment, Pakhi Poribar in Bangabhaban and Shantir Payra at Dhaka University鈥檚 Teacher-Student Centre.
In 1988, he gained international recognition when his sculpture 鈥楽teps鈥� was installed at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seoul of South Korea.
He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2006 and received a fellowship from Bangla Academy in 2023.