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Munavvar Rzayeva

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Munavvar Rzayeva
Born
Rzayeva Münəvvər Məcid qızı

(1929-06-06)6 June 1929
Died6 June 2004(2004-06-06) (aged 75)
Baku, Azerbaijan
NationalityAzerbaijani
EducationAzerbaijan State Art School named after Azim Azimzade
Surikov Moscow State Institute of Art
Known forSculptor
AwardsHonored Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic

Munavvar Rzayeva (Azerbaijani: Münəvvər Rzayeva, 6 June 1929 – 6 June 2004) was an Azerbaijani sculptor and the first monumental female sculptor, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic.[1]

Biography

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Sculpture of Nigar Rafibeyli

Munavvar Rzayeva was born on 6 June 1929 in Shusha. She grew up in the family of a carpet master, Majid, in Shusha. In 1950 Rzayeva graduated from Azerbaijan State Art School named after Azim Azimzade in Baku, and in 1956 from the Faculty of Sculpture of the Moscow State Academy of Arts named after V.I.Surikov. She educated in the class of Nikolai Tomsky.[2]

From 1943, she participated in various exhibitions. Rzayeva has been elected member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan since 1953. At the same time, he was a member of the State Commission of the Ministry of Culture, worked as a restorer artist at the Nizami Literature Museum of ANAS and restored a number of sculptures.[3]

Her works are kept in National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature, Ordubadi Museum, Siyazan House of Culture and Art Foundation.

M.Rzayeva was a master of psychological portraits. She had used granite, marble, bronze, wood, etc. materials to create sculptures. Munavvar Rzayeva's works were mainly consist of sculptures of art workers, including statues, busts, and bas-reliefs of statesmen and labor heroes. The busts of Huseyn Javid, Sergey Yesenin, Nariman Narimanov, Mikayil Mushfig and Nazim Hikmet play a special role in her creative activity.[4]

Munavvar Rzayeva died on 6 June 2004 in Baku.

Awards

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  • Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic – 4 March 1992[5]

Memorial

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In 2019, the 90th anniversary of Munavvar Rzayeva was celebrated.[6]

Works

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Bust of Mikayil Mushfig
Dedicated to Date Location Notes
Sevil Gaziyeva 1969 Baku bas-relief (bronze)
Mikayil Mushfig 1970 Baku bust (granite)
Sergey Yesenin 1977 Mardakan sculpture
Ayna Sultanova 1986 Baku bust
Mehdikhan Vakilov 1976 Baku (2nd Alley of Honor) sculpture
Alibala Shirinov 1973 Baku (2nd Alley of Honor) sculpture
Bahmanyār Baku (Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature) bust (marble)
Imadaddin Nasimi Baku sculpture (wood)
Samad Vurgun 1966 Imishli sculpture
Sevil Gazıyeva 1972 Zaqatala sculpture
Mirza Alakbar Sabir 1973 Quba bust
Mahsati 1983 Ganja sculpture
Mikayil Mushfig 1989 Khizi District (Sayadli) sculpture
Nigar Rafibeyli 1998 Ganja sculpture (bronze)
Heydar Aliyev 1998 Qusar bas-relief (bronze)

References

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  1. ^ "Münəvvər Rzayevanın heykəllər və büstlər dünyasından ştrixlər". anl.az (in Azerbaijani). n.d. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ^ 2019 Əlamətdar və Tarixi Günlər Təqvimi (in Azerbaijani). Baku. 2018. p. 250. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Yaratdığı heykəllərdə yaşayan sənətkar Münəvvər Rzayeva-90". anl.az (in Azerbaijani). n.d. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Münəvvər Rzayeva anıldı". medeniyyet.az (in Azerbaijani). n.d. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Təsviri sənət xadimlərinə Azərbaycan Respublikasının fəxri adlarının verilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN FƏRMANI". e-qanun.az (in Azerbaijani). n.d. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Görkəmli rəssam Münəvvər Rzayevanın anadan olmasının 90 illiyi qeyd ediləcək". azertag.az (in Azerbaijani). n.d. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.