Mahmud Tagiyev

Mahmud Taghiyev (, 11 June 1923–21 November 2001) was an Azerbaijani painter, Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Biography Mahmud Taghiyev was born on 11 June 1923 in Baku. After graduating from Azerbaijan State School of Art in 1941, he studied at All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, in 1949–1953, and studied at the Leningrad Institute of Art, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E.Repin in 1953–1956.

"Apricots" (1969), "Figs" (1974), "Balcony" (1987), "Still Life", "Spring Flowers" (1993), "Tulips", "Apples" (1993), "Majnun", "Leyli", "Flowers in the vase", "Spring in the mountains", "Baku", "Oil refinery plant lights", "Avarchakan", "Sleep", "Naked", "Dada Gorgud", "Samad Vurgun", "Seven beautiful" are famous works of the painter.

Taghiyev's exhibitions were held in Baku (together with Khalida Safarova in 1947, 1958, 1969, 1993), and in Moscow (with Kh.Safarov in 1990 and 1988).

Family Brother of Taghi Taghiyev Father of Akram Taghiyev Husband of Khalida Safarova

Awards Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR — 1 December 1982 Diploma of the 1st Biennial of the Transcaucasian Republics (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR) — 1986 3rd prize at the Contest of "Contemporary Art in Azerbaijan" (It was organized by the UN Office in Azerbaijan in Baku) — 1996