Mikayil Huseyn oglu Abdullayev (19 December 1921, Baku

Baku

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 - 22 August 2002, Baku) was an Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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i painter, a People's Painter of the former USSR since 1963, and creator of a series of paintings entitled Through India.

Abdullayev was an alumnus of the Azimzadeh Azerbaijan Painting School (1939) and the Surikov Moscow State Painting Institute (1949). During his trips to India

India

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, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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, Hungary

Hungary

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, Poland

Poland

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, Italy

Italy

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 and other countries from 1956 through 71, Abdullayev painted Bengali Girls, Rajasthani Women, An Old Afghan, as well as portraits of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl

Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl

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, Renato Guttuso

Renato Guttuso

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, Giacomo Manzù

Giacomo Manzù

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 among others. Among portraits of Azerbaijani people, there are those of Uzeyir Hajibeyov

Uzeyir Hajibeyov

Uzeyir bey Abdul Hussein oglu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer, conductor, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator, and social figure from Azerbaijan. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music and opera...

, Samad Vurgun, Mirza Fatali Akhundov

Mirza Fatali Akhundov

Mirza Fatali Akhundov , former – Akhundzade , was a celebrated Azerbaijani author, playwright, philosopher, and founder of modern literary criticism, "who acquired fame primarily as the writer of European-inspired plays in the Azeri language"...

 and Farhad Badalbeyli

Farhad Badalbeyli

Farhad Shamsi oglu Badalbeyli is an Azerbaijani pianist and composer.He is the son of Leyla and Shamsi Badalbeyli.Badalbeyli, a People's Artist of the USSR , won in 1968, ex-aequo with Viktoria Postnikova, the 4th edition of Lisbon' Vianna da Motta International Music Competition...

. Abdullayev's paintings were exhibited in cities such as Paris

Paris

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, London

London

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, Berlin

Berlin

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, Montreal

Montreal

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, Prague

Prague

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, Budapest

Budapest

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, Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Sophia

Sophia

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, Warsaw

Warsaw

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, Delhi

Delhi

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, Cairo

Cairo

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, Brussels

Brussels

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. Abdullayev was also the designer of artistic panel in the Nizami Station of Baku Metro

Baku Metro

Baku Metro is a rapid transit system serving Baku the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened on November 6, 1967, during the time of the Soviet Union, it has the features found in most other ex-Soviet systems, including very deep central stations, and exquisite decorations that blend traditional...

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The Tolga family is the main collector of the 532 Abdullayev paintings in Turkey.

Notable works

• 1947 - An Evening
• 1948 - Mingachevir Lights
• 1951 - Builders of Happiness
• 1956 - Sevinj
• 1963-65 - On the Fields of Azerbaijan triptych
• 1964 - On the Absheron
• 1982 - Khachmaz Girls

External links

• Story of Abdullayev