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Biography

Khalida Safarova was born on August 25, 1926, in

. In 1941–1944 she studied at Azerbaijan State School of Art named after Azim Azimzade, and in 1949–1955 at art faculty of

in Moscow. Khalida Safarova married artist

in 1946, and was the mother of Akram Tagiyev. The painter died on December 23, 2005, in

Career

Khalida Safarova's first diploma work was "Letter from the Front". Her second diploma work – illustrations to Nizami Ganjavi's poem "

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" were exhibited at the exhibition of the USSR Academy of Arts, the anniversary of All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, as well as the film festival in Prague and Paris in 1956. The main place in Khalida Safarova's work is taken by the genres of

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. Her still life series of flowers include "Autumn Rose" (1956), "Zinya Flower" (1971), "Spring Flowers" (1971), "Montmartre Flowers" (1985), her first works "Gulabdan", "Rose", "Wildflowers". , "On the balcony", "Chrysanthemums", "Lilacs", "Lilies", "Daffodils", "Pomegranate flower". After her visits to the regions of Azerbaijan, the artist gave he first joint report exhibition with

in 1947. K. Safarova participated in the exhibition with about 70 paintings and graphics, more than 150 etudes, landscapes and

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. The submitted works include "Three oaks", "Before the rain", "Still life in the garden", "Still life in the vineyard". The artist's work also includes portraits. These include "Goalkeeper", "Portrait of

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", "Portrait of

Maral Rahmanzadeh Maral Yusif gizi Rahmanzade ( az, Maral Yusif qızı Rəhmanzadə; 1916–2008) also known as Maral Rahmanzade, was a Soviet, Azerbaijani graphic artist and visual artist. She was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of Azerbaijan (196 ...

", "Portrait of

" and others. She also worked on sports theme in the 1960s. Within the framework of this theme, she drew multi-figure compositions depicting football games, cycling, rowing. Her works "Gymnasts", "Relay", "Cyclist" (1969), "Footballers", "Chovken" are examples of this direction. Khalida Safarova created many still lifes and landscapes in the regions and villages of Azerbaijan. The artist's works "Rose Bouquet", "Roses and Cypress Tree", "After the Rain", "Plane Trees", "Apple-picking Girl" depicting the life of a village, have special importance. Her works reflect the nature of Absheron, Karabakh, Agdam and other regions of Azerbaijan. Landscapes from this series include "Foggy Morning", "Spring in Meadow", "Autumn Sun", "When Cotton Blooms" and others. Her painting "Fly, pigeons" has a special place among the themes of everyday life. The artist created the triptych "My Land" in the 1970s. The central part of the work is called "Stuffiness", and the outer parts are called "Morning" and "Evening". In 1985, Khalida Safarova traveled to France and described the landscapes and plains of the

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. Reflecting the autumn in Provence, the artist created works such as "Autumn in Provence", "Arl Cafe", "Port of Marseille", "Marting Coast" and many others. She worked on the paintings "Paris Notre Dame", "Purple Night", "Site" in different variants. Some of her works during her visit to France were exhibited at the exhibition of French Embassy in Azerbaijan. Khalida Safarova's solo exhibitions were held in

in 1947 (with M. Taghiyev at

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 ...

), 1980 (dedicated to the 35th anniversary of her work), 1984 and 2002 (At French embassy), and in Moscow in 1988 (with M. Taghiyev). In addition, she participated in the V and VI Republican Exhibitions of Women Artists in Baku in 1945 and 1946. In different years of her career, the artist's works had been exhibited in Russia, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Algeria, Israel] and other countries. Her works are kept in the United States, Germany, Russia, Turkey, the Czech Republic, in a number of museums and private collections.

Awards

* Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — 5 December 1977 * People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — 17 May 1989

References

Sources

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