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Novera Ahmed
Bangladeshi artist (1939 – 2015)
Novera Ahmed (29 March 1939 – 6 May 2015)[1] was a modern sculptor of Bangladesh.
She was awarded the Ekushey Padak medal by the government of Bangladesh in 1997.[2] Artist Zainul Abedin described her work saying "What Novera is doing now will take us a long time to understand – she is that kind of an artist."[3]
Early life and education
Novera Ahmed was born on 29 March 1939, in Sundarbans in the then Bengal Presidency, British India, whilst her family were there for a crocodile hunt.[1][4] Her ancestral home was in Chittagong.[2] Ahmed's mother made figures and doll houses out of clay, a traditional craft she was highly skilled in, and this led to Ahmed's fascination with three-dimensional forms.[5] She studied in Calcutta and Comilla.
In 1955 she was awarded a diploma in design in the modeling and sculpture course from Camberwell College of Arts in London.