Husein Huseinov (born 22 September 1951 in

Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...

) is a Turkmen painter and art director in films.

Biography

In 1977 he graduated from the Art Faculty of the All-Union State Institute for Cinematography in Moscow. In 1982 he joined the USSR Union of Artists and from 1992 regularly appeared on the artistic scene in

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. In the late 1990s he attained a scholarship and moved to

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. He currently resides in his native city of Ashgabat. Huseinov has also worked on more than ten films and theatrical productions.

Style

Huseinov is primarily a landscape painter depicting the desert and vast steppes of his native Turkmenistan alternating between abstract and figurative representations of this landscape and the human beings living in it. His landscape paintings are a mixture of childhood memories and ancient Silk Road images. The same motives (ancient artefacts, mosaics, textiles) are to be found in his still lifes. From time to time he also explores sculptural techniques like for instance objects of cardboard paper and collages.

Achievements

Huseinov has participated in exhibitions held in Russia, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey and Iran, where in 1997 his work featured in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

. Much of his artwork has been purchased by the

Turkmen Museum of Fine Arts The Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It was founded in 1927 by Russian sculptor A.A Karelin and in 1939 it attained the status of the Museum of Fine Arts. The museum has more than 6,000 works in its collection, incl ...

, the Moscow Directorate for Artistic Exhibitions, and by private collectors internationally. He is a recipient of the Honorable Artist of Turkmenistan and was awarded the State Award of the USSR. He is a member of the Amsterdam-based Academy of Russian Arts.

External links

Official site
20th-century Turkmenistan painters 1951 births Living people People from Ashgabat Soviet painters 21st-century Turkmenistan painters {{USSR-artist-stub