Munavvar Rzayeva (, 6 June 1929 – 6 June 2004) was an Azerbaijani sculptor and the first monumental female sculptor, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Biography
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 was educated in the class of Nikolai Tomsky.
From 1943, she participated in various exhibitions. Rzayeva has been an 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.
Her works are kept in National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature, Ordubadi Museum, Siyazan House of Culture, and the 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 mainly consisted 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.
Munavvar Rzayeva died on 6 June 2004 in Baku.
Awards Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic – 4 March 1992
Memorial In 2019, the 90th anniversary of Munavvar Rzayeva was celebrated.
Works Dedicated toDateLocationNotesSevil Gaziyeva1969Bakubas-relief (bronze)Mikayil Mushfig1970Bakubust (granite)Sergey Yesenin1977MardakansculptureAyna Sultanova1986BakubustMehdikhan Vakilov1976Baku (2nd Alley of Honor)sculptureAlibala Shirinov1973Baku (2nd Alley of Honor)sculptureBahmanyārBaku (Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature)bust (marble)Imadaddin NasimiBakusculpture (wood)Samad Vurgun1966ImishlisculptureSevil Gazıyeva1972ZaqatalasculptureMirza Alakbar Sabir1973QubabustMahsati1983GanjasculptureMikayil Mushfig1989Khizi District (Sayadli)sculptureNigar Rafibeyli1998Ganjasculpture (bronze)Heydar Aliyev1998Qusarbas-relief (bronze)
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