Boyukagha Meshadi oglu Mirzazade (, February 21, 1921 – November 3, 2007) was an Azerbaijani artist, named People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1967.

Biography

In 1939, Boyukagha Mirzazade graduated from Baku Technical School of the Arts, where Azim Azimzade was one of his teachers. In 1940, Mirzazade entered the Moscow Institute of Fine Arts, but could not complete his education there because of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Later, Mirzazade studied at Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts. After graduating, he worked at a technical school of arts as a teacher and an artist. Mirzazade was the head of a department at Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, and a professor of Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts.

Boyukagha Mirzazade

Works of the artist are kept and exhibited in Azerbaijan State Museum of Art, Nizami Ganjavi National Museum of Azerbaijani Literature and Baku Museum of Modern Art. Mirzazade acquired a reputation as an excellent theatrical artist and he is the author of stage designs for 20 shows. Mirzazade was a laureate of the State Prize of Azerbaijan Republic. The works of the artist were repeatedly exhibited in the USSR and in other countries.

Boyukagha Mirzazade

References

1921 births

2007 deaths

20th-century Azerbaijani painters

21st-century Azerbaijani painters

Artists from Baku

Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts alumni

Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR

Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour

Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Recipients of the Shohrat Order

Boyukagha Mirzazade