Eduard Akuvaev (russian: Акуваев Эдуард Измайлович; he, ;אדוארד אקובייב February 25, 1945 – April 24, 2015) was a
Soviet
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Russian
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*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 ...
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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
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, the Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts and the
Derbent
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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
. Akuvaev was influenced by
Anthony van Dyck,
Diego Velázquez
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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 ...
,
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 ...
,
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
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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 (
.