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Eduard Akuvaev (; February 25, 1945 – April 24, 2015) was a
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i artist and teacher of
Mountain Jew Mountain Jews are the Mizrahi Jewish subgroup of the eastern and northern Caucasus, mainly Azerbaijan, and various republics in the Russian Federation: Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria. Mountain Jew ...
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
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and the Derbent 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
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in Moscow ( ru:Московский Художественный Институт имени Сурикова). He often visited
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. Akuvaev was influenced by
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. As a teacher, Akuvaev combined teaching with creative activity. He painted ( ruНатюрморт с репродукцией Шардена») - "Still life with reproduction of
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”. 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
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commissioned Akuvaev to paint portraits of imam Ghazi Muhammad and Avar leader
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. 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
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and for the novel " Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen" by
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.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” (1998), "Artists from the Caucasus in
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" (1999), “Artists from the Caucasus in Merkaz ha-music” (
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, 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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