Khalida Alakbar gizi Safarova (, 25 August 1926 — 23 December 2005) was an

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i painter, People's Artist of the

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Biography

Khalida Safarova was born on August 25, 1926, in

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. In 1941–1944 she studied at Azerbaijan State School of Art named after Azim Azimzade, and in 1949–1955 at the art faculty of

All-Union State Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...

in Moscow. Khalida Safarova married artist Mahmud Taghiyev in 1946, and was the mother of Akram Tagiyev. The painter died on December 23, 2005, in

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Career

Khalida Safarova's first diploma work was "Letter from the Front". Her second diploma work – illustrations to

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's poem "

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" were exhibited at the exhibition of the USSR Academy of Arts, the anniversary of All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, as well as the film festival in

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and

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in 1956. The main place in Khalida Safarova's work is taken by the genres of

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...

and

still life A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, human-m ...

. Her still life series of flowers include "Autumn Rose" (1956), "Zinya Flower" (1971), "Spring Flowers" (1971), "Montmartre Flowers" (1985), her first works "Gulabdan", "Rose", "Wildflowers". , "On the balcony", "Chrysanthemums", "Lilacs", "Lilies", "Daffodils", "Pomegranate flower". After her visits to the regions of

, the artist gave he first joint report exhibition with Mahmud Taghiyev in

in 1947. K. Safarova participated in the exhibition with about 70 paintings and graphics, more than 150 etudes, landscapes and

still lifes A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, ...

. The submitted works include "Three oaks", "Before the rain", "Still life in the garden", "Still life in the vineyard". The artist's work also includes

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s. These include "Goalkeeper", "Portrait of Leyla Vakilova", "Portrait of

Maral Rahmanzadeh Maral Yusif gizi Rahmanzadeh (; 23 July 1916 – 18 March 2008) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani graphic artist and painter. She was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1964), and recipient of the State Prize. Biogra ...

", "Portrait of Mahmud Taghiyev" and others. She also worked on sports theme in the 1960s. Within the framework of this theme, she drew multi-figure compositions depicting football games, cycling, rowing. Her works "Gymnasts", "Relay", "Cyclist" (1969), "Footballers", "Chovken" are examples of this direction. Khalida Safarova created many still lifes and landscapes in the regions and villages of Azerbaijan. The artist's works "Rose Bouquet", "Roses and Cypress Tree", "After the Rain", "Plane Trees", "Apple-picking Girl" depicting the life of a village, have special importance. Her works reflect the nature of Absheron,

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and other regions of Azerbaijan. Landscapes from this series include "Foggy Morning", "Spring in Meadow", "Autumn Sun", "When Cotton Blooms" and others. Her painting "Fly, pigeons" has a special place among the themes of everyday life. The artist created the

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"My Land" in the 1970s. The central part of the work is called "Stuffiness", and the outer parts are called "Morning" and "Evening". In 1985, Khalida Safarova traveled to

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and described the landscapes and plains of the

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. Reflecting the autumn in

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, the artist created works such as "Autumn in Provence", "Arl Cafe", "Port of Marseille", "Marting Coast" and many others. She worked on the paintings "Paris Notre Dame", "Purple Night", "Site" in different variants. Some of her works during her visit to France were exhibited at the exhibition of the French Embassy in Azerbaijan. Khalida Safarova's solo exhibitions were held in

in 1947 (with M. Taghiyev at

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), 1980 (dedicated to the 35th anniversary of her work), 1984 and 2002 (At the French embassy), and in

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in 1988 (with M. Taghiyev). In addition, she participated in the V and VI Republican Exhibitions of Women Artists in Baku in 1945 and 1946. In different years of her career, the artist's works have been exhibited in Russia, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Algeria, Israel] and other countries. Her works are kept in the United States, Germany, Russia, Turkey, the Czech Republic, in a number of museums and private collections.

Awards

* Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — 5 December 1977 * People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — 17 May 1989

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Safarova, Khalida 1926 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Azerbaijani painters 20th-century Azerbaijani women artists Azerbaijani landscape painters Azerbaijani women painters Soviet painters Soviet women artists Artists from Baku Azerbaijani portrait painters Still life painters 20th-century women painters