Renowned artist, gallerist and Director of Galleri Kaya, Goutam Chakraborty collected thirteen valuable early works by artist-sculptor Hamiduzzaman Khan from England. The original watercolours, done in the period from 1963 to 1969 by Khan were first exhibited in Chittagong Club, and later taken to Scotland, when he was in Edinburgh for treatment. Galleri Kaya at an event showcased two original watercolours by Khan along with the authentication certificate and a letter written by Bernard Edwards of Arts & Science, Scotland, to the then principal of Government College of Arts and Crafts, Dacca Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin at Dhaka Club. Chakraborty announced the rare collection of the artworks in presence of Hamiduzzaman Khan and his wife artist-sculptor Ivy Zaman. Most of the collection includes Khan’s immediate pre and post-graduation works. Solitude and serenity were the predominant themes of the works. A number of the paintings featured translucent beauty of Kaptai Lake, Sadarghat, Rayer Bazar, a view from Mirpur, a view from Gachihata (the artist’s village). Village scenes, resting boats, the onset of an evening, Chittagong hill tracts area and a masterful work of Old Dhaka are themes of the collected watercolours. The collection also included two portraits of a boy (pencil on paper) and an old man (pen on paper). 

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