Altay Aghasaid oghlu Saidov ( az, Altay Ağasəid oğlu Səidov, July 11, 1926 — September 10, 2015) was an Azerbaijani scenic painter.

Biography

Altay Saidov was born on July 11, 1926, in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

. In 1943-1946 he studied at the Azim Azimzade Azerbaijan State Art School, and in 1948–1953 at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. On October 29, 1953, he was hired as a set designer at the

Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators Azerbaijan State Theater of Young Spectators () is a theatre located in the centre of Baku, Azerbaijan. History of the theater Azerbaijan State Theater of Young Spectators (ASTYS) was founded in 1928 as Baku Children’s Theater according to the ...

, and since 1967, he has worked as a chief artist in this collective. He also provided stage design for performances at the Azerbaijan State Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy by invitation. Saidov died on September 10, 2015.

Awards

* Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR — 1967 *

Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (; ) was an honorary title awarded by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR) and was one of the forms of recognition by the state and society of the mer ...

— February 9, 1979 * Individual scholarship of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan — April 1, 2005

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* * {{Azerbaijan-painter-stub 1926 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Azerbaijani painters Recipients of the Azerbaijan SSR Lenin Komsomol Prize Artists from Baku Honored Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijani scenic designers