Usta Gambar Karabakhi ( az, Usta Qəmbər Qarabağı; 1830s, in
Shusha
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– 1905, in Shusha) was an
Azerbaijani
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* Azerbaijani language
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ornamentalist painter, author of impressive decorative paintings with
egg tempera
Tempera (), also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. Tempera also refers to the paintings done ...
(plant and zoomorphic motifs) in the interior of the
Palace of Shaki Khans
The Palace of Shaki Khans ( az, Şəki xanlarının sarayı) in Shaki, Azerbaijan was a summer residence for the Shaki Khans. It was built in 1797 by Muhammed Hasan Khan. The palace was intended to house the Khans who were in charge of controlli ...
, in houses of Rustamov,
Safi bey and
Mehmandarov in Shusha and others.}
Creativity
National traditions of wall painting, which is the most valuable legacy of
Azerbaijani art
Azerbaijani art ( az, Azərbaycan təsviri sənəti) is the art created by Azerbaijanis. They have created rich and distinctive art, a major part of which is applied art items. This form of art rooted in antiquity, is represented by a wide range ...
, took the main place in the creativity of Usta Gambar Karabakhi. Chased decoration and richness of compositional and color resolutions can be seen in his delicate graphic painting of a complex plant ornament. The painter drew pictures of animals and fantastic beings upon branched ornaments of flowers and plants. The painting also didn't destroy flatness of the wall, but on the contrary, underlined its constructive architectural details.
Later works of Karabakhi, saving a mastery of ancient decorative paintings are distinguished for growth of realistic features in interpretation of distinct graphic motifs. A picture drawn by him in
the house of Mehmandarov in Shusha city, where images of deer and pomegranate tree are distinguished for their free interpretation and sappiness of forms, is the most famous picture of the artist. The artist created on the basis of both earlier developed canonized schemes and immediate observations.
Gallery
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File:İkinci mərtəbə mərkəzi zalda divar təsviri.jpg
File:İkinci mərtəbə mərkəzi zalda divar təsviri (tovuzquşu).jpg
File:İkinci mərtəbə mərkəzi zalın divarında nəbati kompozisiya.jpg
File:İkinci mərtəbə mərkəzi zalda divar təsviri (Səhləbçiçəyi).jpg
References
Artists from Shusha
1830s births
1905 deaths
19th-century Azerbaijani painters
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