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+ - Entry no.: V1 CC23 1994 AC0 000 Y 020 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Kevin Bubriski Copyright info: All rights reserved by Aramco Americas Date Photo Taken: 1994 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: 3072x2048 Source: AramcoWorld Notes: Painted on a metal backboard and attached to the back of a rickshaw Subjects: Taj Mahal, Religion, Lotus, Sky, Bird Bibliographical Reference/s: Kirkpatrick, Joanna and Kevin Bubriski. “Transports of Delight: Ricksha Art Of Bangladesh.” Aramco World 45, no. 1 (1994): 32-35. Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC12 2019 AC13 000 N 006 Title: Untitled Artist: Helal Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Johan Smits Copyright info: All Rights Reserved by Johan Smits and Travel Begins at 40 (https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/) Date Photo Taken: 2019 Location: Unspecified location, Bangladesh Resolution info: 1024x576 Source: https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/2019/11/bangladesh-rickshaw-art-photo-journey/ ; This photo is used in this archive with permission taken from Travel Begins at 40 Notes: Framed by wood colored red; the house in the middle based on the wooden/bamboo platform looks quite similar to any typical house in tribal villages in the hilly areas of Bangladesh Subjects: Village, House, Ladder, Water, Tree, Rural, Architecture Bibliographical Reference/s: Smits, Johan. "Bangladesh Rickshaw Art : Photo Journey." Travel Begins at 40, November 6, 2019. https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/2019/11/bangladesh-rickshaw-art-photo-journey/ Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC18 1980s AC0 000 N 004 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Tom Learmonth Copyright info: Copyright Tom Learmonth 1981; https://www.tomlearmonth.com/ Date Photo Taken: c. 1980s Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: N/A Source: Learmonth, Tom. "Rickshaw Art in Bangladesh." Mimar: Architecture in Development 39 (1991): 76-79.; This photo is used in this archive with permission taken from the photographer Notes: Painted on the seat cover; the domes are colored golden Subjects: Taj Mahal, Religion, Architecture, Seat, Flower, Lotus Bibliographical Reference/s: Learmonth, Tom. "Rickshaw Art in Bangladesh." Mimar: Architecture in Development 39 (1991): 76-79. Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC23 1994 AC33 000 Y 011 Title: Untitled Artist: Anowar Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Kevin Bubriski Copyright info: All rights reserved by Aramco Americas Date Photo Taken: 1994 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: 3072x2048 Source: AramcoWorld Notes: Painted on a metal backboard and attached to the back of a rickshaw Subjects: Bird, Peacock Bibliographical Reference/s: Kirkpatrick, Joanna and Kevin Bubriski. “Transports of Delight: Ricksha Art Of Bangladesh.” Aramco World 45, no. 1 (1994): 32-35. Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC29 2020 AC0 000 Y 006 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Istiak Ahamed Toushik Copyright info: All rights reserved by Istiak Ahamed Toushik Date Photo Taken: 2020 Location: Krishtopur, Mymensingh, Bangladesh Resolution info: 1201x1602 Source: The photographer's personal collection Notes: Painted on the metal back of an electric rickshaw Subjects: Bird, Tree, Water, Lilly, Flower, Love, Romance, Sky Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC4 2008 AC0 000 Y 002 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Anduze Traveller Copyright info: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Date Photo Taken: January 20, 2008 Location: Banani Model Town, Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: 2336x3504 Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/anduze-traveller/2206456722/ Notes: Works on the body is quite related to the backboard; painting styles between the body and backboard are quite similar; these two birds look quite similar to peacocks fanning their feathers as part of their mating ritual; the spatial organization of the subjects in this work is highly symmetric. Subjects: Bird, Flower, Peacock, Feather Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

Evolution of Rickshaw Art ​ References Gallagher, Rob. The Rickshaws of Bangladesh . Dhaka: The University Press Limited, 1992. Glassie, Henry, and Firoz Mahmud. Contemporary Traditional Art of Bangladesh . Dhaka: Bangladesh National Museum, 2000. Glassie, Henry. “The Pictorial System.” In Art and life in Bangladesh , 433-437. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. Glassie, Henry. Traditional Art of Dhaka . Dhaka: Bangladesh Academy, 2000. Kirkpatrick, Joanna. “Bangladeshi Arts of the Ricksha.” Asianart.com , December 5, 1997, http://www.asianart.com/articles/ricksha/index.html Kirkpatrick, Joanna. “Rickshaw Revelations.” Outlook , 04 August 2004, https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/rickshaw-revelations/224712/?next Kirkpatrick, Joanna. “The Painted Ricksha as Culture Theater.” Studies in Visual Communication 10, no. 3 (1984): 73-85. Kirkpatrick, Joanna. Transports of Delight: The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh . Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003. CD-ROM. Learmonth, Tom. "Rickshaw Art in Bangladesh." Mimar: Architecture in Development 39 (1991): 76-79. Mahmud, Firoz. “The Rickshaw and Rickshaw Painting in Dhaka City.” In Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions of South Asia , edited by Sanjay Garg, 160-172. Colombo: SAARC Cultural Centre, 2015. ​ Please switch to desktop mode if you are using a mobile browser Go back

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC34 2020 AC0 2020 N 001 Title: Untitled Artist: Unknown Year of creation: 2020 Photographer: Samirah Tabassum Copyright info: All rights reserved by Samirah Tabassum Date Photo Taken: 2020 Location: Comilla, Chattogram, Bangladesh Resolution info: N Source: The photographer's personal collection Notes: Painted on the metal back of the rickshaw; similar devotional portrait is common in other South Asian countries; additional metal work is done by using nails to intensify the contours in the painting Subjects: Child, Islam, Religion, Innocence, Mosque, Star, Moon, Muslim Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC12 2019 AC0 000 N 013 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Johan Smits Copyright info: All Rights Reserved by Johan Smits and Travel Begins at 40 (https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/) Date Photo Taken: 2019 Location: Cox's Bazar, Chattogram, Bangladesh Resolution info: 1024x576 Source: https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/2019/11/bangladesh-rickshaw-art-photo-journey/ ; This photo is used in this archive with permission taken from Travel Begins at 40 Notes: The artist has painted the same work on several other rickshaws Subjects: Buraq, Meraj, Mi'raj, Steed, Stars, Islam, Animal, Religion Bibliographical Reference/s: Smits, Johan. "Bangladesh Rickshaw Art : Photo Journey." Travel Begins at 40, November 6, 2019. https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/2019/11/bangladesh-rickshaw-art-photo-journey/ Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC23 1994 AC0 000 Y 021 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Kevin Bubriski Copyright info: All rights reserved by Aramco Americas Date Photo Taken: 1994 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: 3072x2048 Source: AramcoWorld Notes: Used as the cover of seatback upholstery Subjects: Taj Mahal, Religion, Lotus, Bird, Sky Bibliographical Reference/s: Kirkpatrick, Joanna and Kevin Bubriski. “Transports of Delight: Ricksha Art Of Bangladesh.” Aramco World 45, no. 1 (1994): 32-35. Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC18 1980s AC0 000 N 003 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Tom Learmonth Copyright info: Copyright Tom Learmonth 1981; https://www.tomlearmonth.com/ Date Photo Taken: c. 1980s Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: N/A Source: Learmonth, Tom. "Rickshaw Art in Bangladesh." Mimar: Architecture in Development 39 (1991): 76-79.; This photo is used in this archive with permission taken from the photographer Notes: Painted on a metal backboard and attached on the back of a rickshaw; probably one of the very first work of Bangladeshi futurism Subjects: Urban, Train, Futurism, Car, Architecture, Technology, Building, Road, Development Bibliographical Reference/s: Learmonth, Tom. "Rickshaw Art in Bangladesh." Mimar: Architecture in Development 39 (1991): 76-79. Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC23 1994 AC0 000 Y 017 Title: Untitled Artist: Unknown (written on the bottom-left corner) Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Kevin Bubriski Copyright info: All rights reserved by Aramco Americas Date Photo Taken: 1994 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: 2048x3072 Source: AramcoWorld Notes: Used as the cover of seatback upholstery; probably an old work Subjects: Taj Mahal, Sky, Grass, Tree Bibliographical Reference/s: Kirkpatrick, Joanna and Kevin Bubriski. “Transports of Delight: Ricksha Art Of Bangladesh.” Aramco World 45, no. 1 (1994): 32-35. Previous Next