Peter Ujal Hagverdiyev ( az, Pyotr Ucal Haqverdiyev, 9 June 1960 — 18 December 2004) was an Azerbaijani painter, member of the

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Biography

Ujal Hagverdiyev was born on 9 June 1960 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 ...

. He studied at Art School named after

Azim Azimzade Azim Aslan oghlu Azimzade ( az, Əzim Aslan oğlu Əzimzadə; 7 May 1880 – 15 June 1943) was an Azerbaijani artist and caricaturist. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. Biography Azim Azimzade w ...

. In 1979 he was admitted to the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR, but continued his education at

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named after

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(now named after N.Tusi). In 1985 Hagverdiyev joined the Young Artists Union under the Union of Artists. Since 1997, he became a member of the

. In 1987 U.Hagverdiyev started participating in exhibitions in the

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and

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. The same year, he became an

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, got

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and took the name "Peter". In 1988–1991, he was a pensioner of the USSR Academy of Arts and participated in the Academy's reporting exhibitions. In 1990 Ujal Hagverdiyev participated in an exhibition of young Azerbaijani artists in

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and in 1995 in a joint exhibition of Azerbaijani and Turkish artists in

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. Also his personal exhibitions were held in

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(in

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- 1991), in

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(in

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- 1992), in

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(in

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- 1993). The artist also participated in symposiums in

and

. In 1998–1999, he participated at "Land ART" project with a number of artists, and in 2000 was awarded the

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as a part of the "Labyrinth" group. From 2000 to 2004, he volunteered for the artistic design of the Michael Archangel Church in Baku. Ujal Hagverdiyev's works have been demonstrated in the

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and

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. Peter Ujal Hagverdiyev died on 18 December 2004 in Baku.

Family

*Son of Hasan Hagverdiyev *Brother of Ali Hagverdiyev, Huseyn Hagverdiyev, Zemfira Gafarova *Husband of Yelena Hagverdiyeva

References

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