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Tahir Salahov (Azerbaijan 1928)1

Tahir Salahov (born 1928, Baku) is an Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman. He is Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts, Hero of Socialist Labour, Peopleu2019s Artist of the USSR, Azerbaijan and Russia

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Tahir Salahov (Azerbaijan 1928)1

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  1. Tahir Salahov 1

  2. Tahir Salahov (born 1928, Baku) is an Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman. His father Teymur Salahov had been a victim of Stalin's repressions, having been arrested in 1937 and executed shortly after. His mother Sona was left to bring up four children on her own but the family didn't learn of their father's death until 1956 after Stalin's death. Tahir Salahov studied at the Azimzade Art College in Baku in 1945–1950 and the Surikov Moscow Art Institute in 1951–1957. Salahov won an early recognition: his diploma work, The Shift is Over, was exhibited in 1957 at the Moscow All-Union Art Exhibition and received public and critical acclaim. He became one of the leading representatives of the so-called "severe style" (Russian: "суровый стиль"), a trend in Soviet art of the 1960s that aimed to set off a hard, publicist, realist view against the ceremonial "polished reality" of the Joseph Stalin era. Salahov’s compositions on the life and work of the Baku oil-workers (e.g. "Repair Men", 1961, Mustafayev Azerbaijan State Museum of Art, Baku) and portraits, e.g., of Azerbaijani composer Kara Karayev (1960, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow), and Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1976, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow), are characterized by a forcefulness and lack of idealization. Salahov chose a sparing palette of contrasting red, black, light- and dark-grey tones and gave colored plains a decorative function. His later works are more peaceful and lyrically contemplative, and Eastern influences are more apparent, as in Portrait of Grandson Dan (1983, Azerbaijan State Museum of Art), in which the composition and colouring are subordinate to the flowing rhythms of Eastern medieval miniatures. His lines became smoother and more melodious, his palette more sophisticated. Many of his most successful works are associated with his impressions of foreign countries (e.g., Mexican Corrida; 1969, Mustafayev Azerbaijan State Museum of Art). He also produced expressive drawings and stage designs

  3. Portrait of Dan 1983 Azerbaijan State Museum of Art

  4. A portrait of the historian-musician Firudin Shushinski 2005

  5. Abandoned garden 1997

  6. Tahir Salahov's mother, Sona, brought this Century plant from Crimea 30 years earlier and planted it in the garden at their summer house. Finally after 25-30 years, it suddenly started to blossom. The plant is now about seven meters tall. To Tahir, it is symbolic of the endurance of his mother's character. She raised five children - all by herself - after her husband was arrested and executed.  Agave 1984 (Artist’s mother)

  7. Agave with red lamp Still life with red peppers 1977

  8. Aidan - Star of the East 2002 The State Tretyakov Gallery

  9. Aidan draws 1977 Dedications 1969

  10. Alagez Legend of the East 2002

  11. The old mosque Hovsan (Absheron) 1994

  12. Old Bath 1978 The State Tretyakov Gallery

  13. Bukhara bazaar 1956 IRRA (The Institute of Russian Realist Art)  Nardaranda mosque 1980

  14. Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni Venice 1970 San Marco Venice 1986

  15. Roma 1986

  16. Portrait of a Woman Taiwan 1994 Balcony Nardaran 1977

  17. Cross street in Prague 1961 Cordoba Spain 1975

  18. Morning in Moscow Old Baku 1999

  19. Old Baku 2012

  20. Absheron motiv 1963

  21. Nardaran fall 1987

  22. Red windmill 1970

  23. Old Mijas Spain 2005 Mijas Church Square 2005

  24. Granada roofs 1978

  25. Always with the Eiffel Tower 2007 Autumn in Paris 2007

  26. Mexican Corrida 1969 Mustafayev Azerbaijan State Museum of Art Mexican Corrida 1984

  27. Palma Torremolinos Spain 2004

  28. Palma evening - Benalmadena Costa 2005

  29. Ronda Spain 2005 The State Tretyakov Gallery

  30. Ronda Spain 2005

  31. A street in Assisi 2000 Assisi 1985

  32. Mardakan tower 1978 Square in Bergamo 2000

  33. Today Salahov lives in Moscow, where he is a professor and has a studio at the Moscow Art Institute. He has received numerous honors, including People's Artist of USSR, Russia and Azerbaijan, Hero of Socialist Labour, USSR State Prize (1968), First Secretary of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1973–1992), Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts, member of over 20 academies and other creative organizations throughout the world, including academies of art of France, Spain, Germany, Austria, etc

  34. Cafe Greko 2002 The State  Tretyakov Gallery

  35. Suraxani 2001

  36. Window View – Venice 1999 Venice Terminus hotel 1999

  37. Venice Grand Canal 1964

  38. Babak 1985

  39. Baki Bulvar 1987 Sunny morning 1980

  40. Nakhchivan Mountains 1970 Shirvanshahs Palace Baku 1966 The State Tretyakov Gallery

  41. Sanctuary Novxanıda 1999

  42. Bilgah 1980 1980

  43. Bilgah village 1980

  44. Morning at the Caspian Sea 1978 The birth of the artichoke 2008 Baku MOMA

  45. 1990 Nardaran street 1978

  46. Morning-Train 1958 The State Tretyakov Gallery

  47. The catch still life 1984 Rocks

  48. Roofs of old Baku Bright morning Moscow suburbs IRRA

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