Tahir Salahov
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Tahir Salahov (
Biography
Salahov was born in Baku. His father Teymur Salahov was a victim of Stalin's repressions, having been arrested in 1937 and executed shortly after. His mother Sona was left to bring up four children on her own but the family did not learn of their father's death until 1956 after Stalin's death.[3]
Tahir Salahov studied at the Azimzade Art College in Baku in 1945–1950 and the
His later works are more peaceful and lyrically contemplative, and Eastern influences are more apparent, as in Portrait of Grandson Dan (1983, Azerbaijan State Museum of Art), in which the composition and colouring are subordinate to the flowing rhythms of Eastern medieval miniatures. His lines became smoother and more melodious, his palette more sophisticated. Many of his most successful works are associated with his impressions of foreign countries (e.g., Mexican Corrida; 1969, Mustafayev Azerbaijan State Museum of Art). He also produced expressive drawings and stage designs. In 1998, Salahov was appointed an Academician of the National Academy of Arts of the Kyrgyz Republic, alongside fellow artists Durdy Bayramov, Suhrob Kurbanov, Turgunbai Sadykov, and Erbolat Tolepbai.
Awards
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1989)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd class (2003)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class (1998)
- Order of Lenin (1989)
- Order of the October Revolution (1976)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (1982)
- People's Artist of the USSR (visual arts) (1973)[2]
- USSR State Prize (1968 – for the portrait of composer Gara Garayev)
See also
References
- ^ Умер народный художник СССР Таир Салахов. TASS.ru. 21 May 2021
- ^ a b "Onun Böyüklüyü İstedadi, Ustaliği Və Heyrətami̇z Təvazökarliğindadir" [His Greatness Lies In His Talent, Mastery And Our Awesome Humility]. azertag.az (in Azerbaijani). 4 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "13.4 - Teymur Salahov - Deafening Silence - Waiting 18 Years for Father to Return Home". www.azer.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "13.4 - Perspective - The Making of an Artist - Impact of Stalin's Repression on Tahir Salahov's Art". azer.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
External links
- Salahov’s paintings at AZgallery.org
- "Tahir Salahov, A Hint of Red – Pushing the Limits of Socialist Realism" by Azad Sharifov and Jean Patterson in Azerbaijan International, Vol 7:2 (Summer 1999), pp. 51–54.]
- "Oil Rocks in the Caspian: Birthplace to a New Trend in Soviet Art," by Betty Blair in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 14:2 (Summer 2006), pp. 46–55
- "Deafening Silence: Waiting 18 Years for Father to Return Home" by Tahir and Zarifa Salahov in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 13.4 (Winter 2005), pp. 80–87.
- Salahov in Russian Academy of Arts (in Russian)
- Azeri Artists Take on the World