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Eduard Akuvaev (russian: Акуваев Эдуард Измайлович; he, ;אדוארד אקובייב February 25, 1945 – April 24, 2015) was a
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
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Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i artist and teacher of
Mountain Jew Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews also known as Juhuro, Juvuro, Juhuri, Juwuri, Juhurim, Kavkazi Jews or Gorsky Jews ( he, יהודי קווקז ''Yehudey Kavkaz'' or ''Yehudey he-Harim''; russian: Горские евреи, translit=Gorskie Yevrei ...
descent. He was awarded titles of the Honored Art Worker of Dagestan, Honored Artist of Dagestan. He was awarded the Khalilbek Musaev award. Several of his works are in the National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan in
Makhachkala Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...
, the Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts and the
Derbent Derbent (russian: Дербе́нт; lez, Кьвевар, Цал; az, Дәрбәнд, italic=no, Dərbənd; av, Дербенд; fa, دربند), formerly romanized as Derbend, is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. It is ...
State Museum-Reserve.Catalog from the art exhibition of artists from the Caucasus in Israel Akuvaev's serious attraction to art began at the Dagestan Art School named after Muetdin Arabi Dzhemal, where he entered after the eighth grade of a comprehensive school. After graduation, he was sent to study at The
Surikov Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (Russian: Василий Иванович Суриков; 24 January 1848 – 19 March 1916) was a Russian Realist history painter. Many of his works have become familiar to the general public through their use as illus ...
Art Institute in Moscow ( ru:Московский Художественный Институт имени Сурикова). He often visited
Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...
to learn from the
Old Masters In art history, "Old Master" (or "old master")Old Masters De ...
. Akuvaev was influenced by Anthony van Dyck,
Diego Velázquez Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptized June 6, 1599August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the ...
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Ivan Kramskoi Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (russian: Ива́н Никола́евич Крамско́й; June 8 (O.S. May 27), 1837, Ostrogozhsk – April 6 (O.S. March 24), 1887, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter and art critic. He was an intellectual ...
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Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that " ...
. As a teacher, Akuvaev combined teaching with creative activity. He painted ( ruНатюрморт с репродукцией Шардена») - "Still life with reproduction of
Chardin Chardin is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, (1699–1779), French painter noted for his still life works * Jean Chardin, (1643–1713), French jeweller and traveller, author of ''The Trave ...
”. The attributes for his painting, Akuvaev used old things of his grandmother; a copper basin, a rug and a Sulevkent's jug. These antiques connected the artist with Chardin, whom Akuvaev loved and revered very much. The painting was exhibited at the "South Zone" exhibition, and then it was bought by the Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts, where the painting is to this day. In the 1970s, the artist took part in many exhibitions. Thus, the painting ( ru:«Портрет бабушки») - "Portrait of Grandmother" was exhibited at the 5th All-Russian Exhibition in Moscow in 1975. In 1977, Akuvaev was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR. A. Taho-Godi National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan in Makhachkala and fund of
Imam Shamil Imam Shamil ( av, Шейх Шамил, Şeyx Şamil; ar, الشيخ شامل; russian: Имам Шамиль; 26 June 1797 – 4 February 1871) was the political, military, and spiritual leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in ...
commissioned Akuvaev to paint portraits of imam
Ghazi Muhammad Qazi Mullah ( Russian: Кази-Мулла, ''Kazi-Mulla'', 1793–1832) was an Islamic scholar and ascetic, who was the first Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (from 1828 to 1832). He was a staunch ally of Imam Shamil. He promoted the Sacred Law of ...
and
Avar Avar(s) or AVAR may refer to: Peoples and states * Avars (Caucasus), a modern Northeast Caucasian-speaking people in the North Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia ** Avar language, the modern Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Avars of the North ...
leader
Hadji Murad Hadji Murad (russian: Хаджи-Мурат, av, XӀажи Мурад; 1818 – April 23, N.S. May 5, 1852) was an important North Caucasian Avar leader during the resistance of the peoples of Dagestan and Chechnya in 1811–1864 against th ...
. In 1992 artist completed both portraits that are located at A. Taho-Godi National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan.
." Both portraits are based on historical figures. Akuvaev worked in Dagestan with a large publishing house "Daguchpedgiz". In 1985 he illustrated books for the story ( ru:«А зори здесь тихие…») - "The Dawns Here Are Quiet..." by Boris Vasiliev and for the novel " Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen" by
Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraord ...
.Works by artist E. Akuvaev
/ref> Akuvaev worked more than 20 years at the graphic arts department of the Dagestan Pedagogical Institute, but art occupied a significant place in his life. In 1995 Akuvaev immigrated to Israel with his family. He took part in many group exhibitions, including “Artists from Netanya” (1996), ”Artists from the Caucasus for the 40th Anniversary of
Upper Nazareth Nof HaGalil ( he, נוֹף הַגָּלִיל, lit. ''View of Galilee''; ar, نوف هچليل) is a city in the Northern District of Israel with a population of . Nof HaGalil was founded in 1957 as Nazareth Illit ( he, נָצְרַת עִלִ� ...
” (1998), "Artists from the Caucasus in
Netanya Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate ...
" (1999), “Artists from the Caucasus in Merkaz ha-music” (
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
, 2000) and "Artists from the Caucasus in the Jerusalem Museum" (2001). In Israel, the artist's work was popular. The style and technique of the painter did not change throughout the artist's career, and this satisfied the customers. In Israel, he was a member of the Israel Artists' Union. The works of Eduard Akuvaev are kept in the Dagestan Art Fund, in museums, private collections in Russia, Israel and USA.


Awards

*Honored Artist of Dagestan *Honored Art Worker of Dagestan *Khalilbek Musaev award


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Eduard Akuvaev. His life belonged to art.Eduard Izmailovich Akuvaev - Baruch Dayan HaEmet!
{{DEFAULTSORT:Akuvaev, Eduard 1945 births People from Makhachkala Russian Jews Mountain Jews Jewish painters Modern artists Russian modern painters Russian emigrants to Israel 20th-century Russian male artists 21st-century Russian male artists 20th-century Russian painters 21st-century Russian painters Soviet artists 20th-century Israeli male artists 21st-century Israeli male artists 2015 deaths