Prior to partition of India in 1947 no Muslim bangalee made any break through in the field of arts and painting. A name which usually arises who were the people who dominated the horizon of arts and painting in Bangla at that time. Undoubtedly Abanindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Nandalal Basu, Asit Kumar Halder, Rabindranath Tagore, Nirad Majumder, Rathin Maitra and many others. Many of them were founder members of Bengal school. In this constellation of painters and artists who later earned wide reputation beyond boundaries of India. 
 
 Unfortunately one cannot find any name of Muslim painter. It can be recalled that influences of Persian and Moghul art did not have any impact in entire Bangla. Founder members of Bengal School of arts did often had in their works a deep inspiration from the Hindu mythology, alpanas in bangalee style and rural motifs. 
 
 Zainul Abedin is the only name from the muslim bangalee society can boast of. He sketched the devastation of famine during 1937-1943. He founded the School of Arts and Painting in Dhaka. One of his students was Quamrul Hasan(born in 2nd December 1921 in Calcutta). 
 
 In fact Quamrul Hasan graduated from Calcutta Government College in 1947. Not withstanding the political volatility Quamrul Hasan migrated to Dhaka, where he joined as teacher of Dhaka Art College. In 1950 he became the founder Secretary of Dhaka Art Group