The Monument to Sattar Bahlulzade ( az, Səttar Bəhlulzadənin heykəli) - is a monument to the Azerbaijani artist

Sattar Bahlulzade Sattar Bahlulzade ( az, Səttar Bəhlulzadə; 15 December 1909 – 14 October 1974) was an Azerbaijani painter, best known for his landscape paintings depicting the nature of Azerbaijan. He is considered to be the founder of Azerbaijani Impressioni ...

above his grave in the cemetery of the artist's native village, Amirjan, near the Bulbula lake. The sculptor of the monument is

Omar Eldarov Omar Hasan oglu Eldarov ( az, Ömər Həsən oğlu Eldarov) is an Azerbaijani monumentalist sculptor, Honoured Art Worker of Azerbaijan (1962), People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1982), full member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (200 ...

. The monument was raised in 1975, a year after the death of the artist. Bahlulzade is depicted looking at his favorite landscape, leaning on two empty picture frames. According to the art critic Samir Sadigov, the space, composition, dynamics and image in the sculpture complement each other. The frames, according to Sadigov, in addition to the spatial and aesthetic role, also play the role of an image. The frames are arranged in such a way that the viewer looking at the portrait, depending on the place, will see through them the village of Amirjan and the lake Bulbula from a new perspective. The art critic Ziyadkhan Aliyev spoke about the monument to Sattar Bahlulzade: The sculptor Omar Eldarov said that he created a monument to Sattar Bahlulzade "at the call of his heart".

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