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Mikayil Abdullayev was

born on 19th December in

1921 in Baku. He graduated in

1939 from the A.Azimzadeh Azerbaijan Art

School and later, in 1949,

graduated from the Moscow V. I.

Surikov Arts Institute

Mikayil Abdullayev (1921-2002)

Composition created by him for the Nizami metro station interior design holds special place in his activity. The mosaics on the walls constitute spectacular examples of mosaic culture. Moreover, he is the author of the graphic design of ‘’Leyli and Mejnun” and “Koroglu” operas, and “Chitra” ballet by Niyazi.

Joy 1936 State Art Museum Baku

Picking tea in Astara

Masalli Bazar, 1955

Mirza Fatali Akhundov

Molla Panah Vagif (1717–1797) was an Azerbaijani poet, the founder of the realism genre in the Azerbaijani poetry and also a prominent statesman and diplomat

Samad Vurgun

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nPoet's youth

Poet's youth1975(Fragment)

Farhad Shamsi State Art Museum Baku

Maternity care (or mother's duty) 1957

Nizami Ganjavi (1141 to 1209),

was a 12th- century Persian

poet. His heritage is widely

appreciated and shared by

Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kurdistan region and Tajikistan

Nizami metro station Baku

Khosrow sees Shirin bathing in a stream

Abdullayev was a very versatile artist. Another area where he enjoyed success was mural painting. His first major works of note in this field are the mosaics based on the poems of Nizami which he created between 1973 and 1979 for the underground hall of Baku’s Nizami metro station. 

However, he did not find it easy to design the mosaics. Although he had already illustrated Nizami’s epic Khamsa, the artist was nervous about conveying this philosophy successfully in the limited space of the mosaic panels

Death of Darah

Layla and Majnun At Leyli’s Grave

At Leyli’s Grave

The Courage of Bahram Iskander (Alexander the Great) and the Shepherd

The Courage of Bahram

Mani the CarverFarhad and Shirin

Farhad and Shirin

Seven Scholars Nushaba and Iskander (Alexander the Great)

Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman Story of the Brick Maker

Farhad at Bisutun

Nizami metro station in Baku is recognized as the most interesting with

its wonderful mosaics designed by Mikayil AbdullayevFitna

In 1979 Mikayil Abdullayev completed work on the 18 mosaic panels and the metro station with its mosaics opened to popular acclaimMajnun and his Father

Bahram Gur and the DragonNizami metro station Baku

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda

Sound: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Vagif Prelude