Murtaja Baseer (born 17 August 1932) is a Bangladeshi painter. He is also a poet, short story writer, novelist, researcher, numismatist and filmmaker.He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1980 by the Government of Bangladesh.Baseer was born to Muhammad Shahidullah and Marguba Khatun.Shahidullah was a scholar and a linguist. Baseer enrolled in Dacca Art College (now the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) in 1949. After graduating in 1954, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence during 1956-58. Then he studied mosaic and etching at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA) in Paris during 1971–73. About More..