Ogtay Seyid Huseyn oghlu Sadigzade ( az, Oqtay Seyid Hüseyn oğlu Sadıqzadə, 24 February 1921 – 20 December 2014) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani visual artist. He was awarded the title People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1992), laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2014), Personal pensioner of the

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(2002).

Biography

Ogtay Sadigzade was born on 21 February 1921 in

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. From 1935 to 1939, he studied at the Baku Art Technical College and attracted the attention of art critics with his early works. In 1941, as a member of a repressed family, Ogtay Sadygzade was exiled, but despite the difficult conditions he found himself in, he continued his creativity. After returning to

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in 1946, he began to engage in book graphics and achieved success in this field. To continue his education, he entered the Moscow Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts and graduated in 1956 with a degree in graphics. The works of the artist were given a special place in the design of the

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, the

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, the house museums of

Uzeyir Hajibeyli Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Üzeyir bəy Əbdülhüseyn oğlu Hacıbəyov; russian: Узеир Абдул-Гусейн оглы Гаджибеков, translit=Uzeir Abdul-Guseyn ogly Gadzhibekov; September 18, 1885November 23, 19 ...

, Huseyn Javid, Samad Vurgun and

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. The artist's works are exhibited in the

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 ...

, as well as in the Tretyakov Gallery, and are kept in private collections in the United States, Germany, Canada, Israel, and other countries. Sadigzade died on 20 December 2014 in Baku.

Awards

* Medal "For Distinguished Labour" — 9 June 1959 * Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR — 5 December 1977 *

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— 4 March 1992 * Shohrat Order — 27 February 1999 * Personal pension of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan — June 11, 2002 *

Sharaf Order Sharaf Order ( az, "Şərəf" ordeni) - translated as the ''Order of Honor'', is an order of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The order was ratified by Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, on 16 February 2007, by Decree No. 248-IIIQ. Status The ...

— February 24, 2011 * State Award of the Republic of Azerbaijan — May 26, 2014

References

1921 births 2014 deaths Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR Recipients of the Sharaf Order Recipients of the Shohrat Order 20th-century Azerbaijani painters 21st-century Azerbaijani painters Azerbaijani portrait painters People from Khizi Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni People's Artists of Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-painter-stub