Togrul Narimanbekov | |
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| Toğrul Nərimanbəyov | |
 Narimanbekov in 1972 | |
| Born | Toğrul Fərman oğlu Nərimanbəyov 7 August 1930 |
| Died | 2 June 2013 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Soviet Union Azerbaijan |
| Known for | Artist, painter, scenographer, singer |
| Awards | People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967), USSR State Prize (1980), People's Artist of the USSR (1989), Order of Sovereignty (2000), Order of Glory (2010) |
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Togrul Farman oglu Narimanbekov (Azerbaijani: Toğrul Fərman oğlu Nərimanbəyov, Russian: Тогрул Нариманбеков; 7 August 1930 – 2 June 2013)[1] was one of the prominent modern Azerbaijani artists.,[2][3] laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR and the Azerbaijan SSR, the People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan, and a personal benefactor of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[4]
His works are exhibited in various museums and galleries around the world, including the "France Gallery" in France, the "Museum of Modern Art" in Germany (Cologne), the "Art Museum" in Germany (Hagen), the "Museum of Modern Art" in Poland (Warsaw), the "National Air and Space Museum" in the USA (Washington), the "Museum of Modern National Art" in Hungary (Budapest), the "Museum of Modern National Art" in Bulgaria (Sofia), the "Russian National Museum" in Russia (St. Petersburg), the "Tretyakov Gallery" in Russia (Moscow), the "Museum of the Peoples of the East" in Russia (Moscow), and the "Glinka Composer Museum" in Russia (Moscow).
Togrul Narimanbekov is the only Azerbaijani artist mentioned in the "Encyclopedia of Modern Fine Arts in France." In this book, his name is listed alongside other world-famous artists.
In addition to being a skilled painter, Togrul Narimanbekov was also a vocal artist and poet. He performed arias from classical operas, especially the works of Italian composers. In 1996, the painter held major concerts at the "Kirkha" concert hall in Baku, in 1998 at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, and in 2000 at the "Oratoria di San Rosso" hall in Bologna, Italy.
- ^ "Toğrul Nərimanbəyov vəfat edib" [Togrul Narimanbekov died] (in Turkish). BBC Azeri Service News. 8 June 2013.
- ^ Bown, Matthew Cullerne; Taylor, Brandon (1993). Art of the Soviets: painting, sculpture, and architecture in a one-party state, 1917-1992. Manchester University Press ND. pp. 152–. ISBN 978-0-7190-3735-1. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
The 'decorativism' denounced in the late 1940s broke out again all over the place, exemplified in the work of the Azeri painter, Togrul Narimanbekov.
- ^ "Тогрул Нариманбеков: "Я поеду в Шушу не как гость, а как хозяин" - ИНТЕРВЬЮ-ФОТОСЕССИЯ". APA.az. Archived from the original on 2012-06-13.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin fərdi təqaüdlərinin verilməsi haqında" Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin 24 iyun 2009-cu il tarixli, 345 nömrəli Sərəncamı [dead link] (in Azerbaijani)