Gullu Haji Naim Mustafa gizi Mustafayeva ( az, Güllü Hacı Naim Mustafa qızı Mustafayeva, November 29, 1919 — May 18, 1994) was a Soviet Azerbaijani artist and portrait painter. She was awarded the title of
People's Artist of Azerbaijan
People's Artist of Azerbaijan ( Azerbaijani: ''Xalq rəssamı'') is the honorary title and award granted for contribution to the development of Azerbaijani culture.
History
The People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR (1931–1990) was a precurso ...
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Biography
Gullu Mustafayeva was born on November 29, 1919, in
Charjuy (now Türkmenabat),
Turkestan ASSR
The Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (initially, the Turkestan Socialist Federative Republic; 30 April 191827 October 1924) was an autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic located in Soviet Central As ...
(now Turkmenistan). She was originally from Shamakhi. In 1927 she moved with her family from
Turkmenia to
Baku
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,
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.
Mustafayeva graduated from
Azerbaijan State Art College in 1938. Mustafayeva created portraits of labor heroes, figures of science and art of her time. Some of these are the portraits of the two-time
Hero of Socialist Labor Basti Bagirova
Basti Masim gizi Bagirova ( Bağçakürd, 10 April 1906 – Bağçakürd, 27 February 1962; az, Bəsti Məsim qızı Bağırova) was an Azerbaijani cotton grower and politician. She is known as one of the first Stakhanovites in the Azerbaijan ...
,
ophthalmologist
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, doctor of medical sciences Umnisa Musabayova,
neurologist, doctor of medical sciences Zahra Salayeva, people's artist
Sattar Bahlulzade.
In Mustafayeva's works, children's portraits form a special series, the "our children" series. The portrait "Mahsati Ganjavi" created in 1947 has a special place in the artist's work. Her works are kept in
National Art Museum of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan National Museum of Art ( az, Azərbaycan Milli İncəsənət Muzeyi) is the biggest art museum of Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1936 in Baku and in 1943 was named after Rustam Mustafayev, a prominent Azerbaijani scenic designer and thea ...
and
Azerbaijan State Art Gallery
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About
Azerbaijan State Art Gallery was established in 1974 by the Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan SSR on the basis of Azer ...
.
Mustafayeva died on May 18, 1994, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
See also
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List of Azerbaijani artists
This is a list of notable Azerbaijani artists.
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A
*Mikayil Abdullayev, painter
*Fuad Abdurahmanov, sculptor
*Sara Ashurbeyli, painter
*Azim Azimzade, painter
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*Sattar Bahlulzade, painter
* Semyon Bilmes, painter
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*Omar Eld ...
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List of Azerbaijani women artists
References
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Azerbaijani women painters
20th-century Azerbaijani painters
1919 births
1994 deaths
Soviet painters
20th-century women painters