Kazi Anowar Hossain (14 January 1941 – 8 February 2007)[1] was a Bangladeshi painter who was known for his classical portrayal of rural Bengal.

[2] Kazi Anowar Hossain was born into a prominent Bengali Muslim Kazi family in Gopalganj, his father was a Police Inspector in British India, and his mother Ohidunessa was a housewife, he was second born amongst his thirteen siblings.

After completing his graduation in 1964 from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, he concentrated entirely on painting.

[1] The President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gifted a portrait of a boat drawn by Hossain to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

[1][7] The Painter Kazi Anowar Hossain Award was posthumously launched in his memory in 2019.