Telman Heydar oghlu Zeynalov (, born October 20, 1931) is an Azerbaijani sculptor, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan (1992), State Prize Laureate of the Azerbaijan SSR (1978), Humay Award Laureate (2001), Personal Pensioner of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2002).
Biography
Telman Zeynalov was born on October 20, 1931, in Baku. In 1948, he was admitted to the sculpture department of the Azerbaijan State Azim Azimzade Art School. In 1956–1962, he studied sculpture at the Leningrad Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Design. In 1965, he became a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR. In 1977–1991, he was the chairman of the artistic council for sculpture at the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan, in 1982 and 1987 he was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan.