Rafig Mahmud oghlu Mehdiyev ( az, Rafiq Mahmud oğlu Mehdiyev, June 10, 1933 — November 28, 2009) was an Azerbaijani painter and professor. He was awarded the title of the

People's Artist of Azerbaijan People's Artist of Azerbaijan ( Azerbaijani: ''Xalq rəssamı'') is the honorary title and award granted for contribution to the development of Azerbaijani culture. History The People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR (1931–1990) was a precurso ...

, and served as a professor and chairman of the graphics section of the

Union of Artists of Azerbaijan Union of Artists of Azerbaijan - is a creative public organization, volunteer union of professional artists and art critics - creative people working in the territory of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic ...

. He was a presidential scholarship holder.

Biography

Rafig Mehdiyev was born on June 10, 1933, in

Shahbuz District Shahbuz District ( az, Şahbuz rayonu) is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Julfa, Babek, and the Syunik and Vayots Dzor provinces of Armenia. Its capital and larg ...

Nakhchivan ASSR The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Nakhichevan ASSR was an autonomous republic within the Azerbaijan SSR, itself a republic within the Soviet Union. It was formed on 16 March 1921 and became a part of the Az ...

. He graduated from Azim Azimzade art college (1948–1953), and graphic faculty of Surikov Moscow State Art Institute (1953–1958). He worked as a teacher at A. Azimzade art college (1962), then as a dean at Azerbaijan State Art Institute, and as a teacher at the

Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts is higher art school that is located in the city of Baku in Republic of Azerbaijan. It was founded in 2000 by a presidential decree. The academy aims the only higher education institution in the country that ca ...

. He received the title of associate professor in 1988, and professor in 1992. Since 2003, he had been a presidential pensioner. Mehdiyev was elected several times as a deputy of the

Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR The Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR ( Azerbaijani: Азәрбаjҹан ССР Али Совети, ''Azərbaycan SSR Ali Soveti''; Russian: Верховный Совет Азербайджа́нской ССР tr. ''Verkhovnyy Sovet Azerba ...

. Mehdiyev died in 2009 in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

Awards

— 1992 *

Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (; ) was an honorary title awarded by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR) and was one of the forms of recognition by the state and society of the mer ...

— December 18, 1980

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{{reflist People's Artists of Azerbaijan 1933 births 2009 deaths Honored Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijani painters 20th-century Azerbaijani painters 21st-century Azerbaijani painters Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

Biography

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