Mirnadir Mirali oghli Zeynalov (, 12 November 1942 – 10 March 2021) was an Azerbaijani painter,

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(2006).

Biography

Zeynalov was born on 12 November 1942, in

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. In 1963, he graduated from Azim Azimzade Art School, and then in 1973 from the Faculty of Graphics of the

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. He was a full member of

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and "New Era" World Academy of Arts. Zeynalov's professional painting career began in the 1970s. In the early years of his career, he started to create realistic and later abstract paintings. The artist's works were exhibited in

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and other cities, and in 2013 they gained value at the

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auction in

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. His valuable works are kept in the fund of

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and

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. Zeynalov died on 10 March 2021, at the age of 78.

Awards

— 29 December 2006 * Honored Artist of Azerbaijan — 4 March 1992

References

{{reflist 1942 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Azerbaijani painters 21st-century Azerbaijani painters Artists from Baku