Zainul Abedin, the great artist
Groupwork
B. Look at the series of pictures below. Work in groups and talk about them. Now briefly write about what each picture portrays.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5
Picture 6
Picture 7
Group A : Picture 1 portrays the famine in 1940. It is a skeleton figure of a man who is about to die of starvation. It is one of the greatest sketches of the artist Zainul Abedin.
Group B : Picture 2 portrays Shaontal women. It is a sketch of the great artist Zainul Abedin. In the picture two women are two sisters who are going to work.
Group C : Picture 3 portrays the famine of 1940. It is a pathetic scene. A dead body is lying and a dog and a crow are eating the dead body.
Group D : In picture 4 there is a watery place where there are some boats. Some people are in the boats and some are unloading goods from the boats.
Group E : Picture 5 portrays the picture of a village by the side of a river. We see that the sky is covered with clouds.
Group F : In the picture 6 two farmers are seen on a leveler that is drawn by two oxen. They are levelling the soil and pulling the oxen by ropesto keep balance.
Group G : In picture 7 a struggle is portrayed. Two oxen and a man are struggling hard to draw a cart laden with wood.





