page_title: Murtaja Baseer
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Murtaja Baseer / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Murtaja Baseer with Zainul Abedin in 1962.
context_page_description: Murtaja Baseer was a Bangladeshi painter and artist known for his abstract realism themed works. He was also a poet, author, researcher, numismatist, and filmmaker. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh's second highest civilian honor, in 1980, and the Swadhinata Padak, or Independence Day Award, Bangladesh's highest state award, in 2019.
context_section_description: Baseer joined University of Chittagong as an assistant professor of fine arts, upon his return from France in 1973, and served until his retirement, as a professor of fine arts, in 1998. He was active in leftist politics during the 1950s and was also sent to prison prior to Bangladesh's liberation.
caption: Baseer with Zainul Abedin in 1962
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