Tretyakov Gallery to exhibit Azerbaijani artists' works

By Azernews

By Laman Ismayilova

'Absheron Constellation', an exhibition of Azerbaijani artists of 1960-1980's, will be held on February 15-26, 2017 in Moscow

The exhibition will feature 50 paintings by such a talented Azerbaijani artists as Nadir Abdurakhmanov, Kamal Ahmadov, Rasim Babayev, Sattar Bahlulzade, Tofik Javadov, Javad Mirdzhavadov, Mir Nadir Zeynalov, Ashraf Murad, Togrul Narimanbekov, Tahir Salahov, Farhad Khalilov and Geyyura Yunusov  as well as 10 sculptures by Azerbaijani sculptor Fazil Najafov, Vestnik Kavkaza reported.

The works will be provided by the Tretyakov Gallery, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Mardjani Foundation, the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, the National Gallery of Azerbaijan, the family of Rasim Babayev and Fazil Najafov.

Director General of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Zelfira Tregulova said that event is co-organized by the State Tretyakov Gallery with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Mardjani Foundation.

Tregulova stressed readiness to organize a reciprocal exhibition of Russian artists of the Soviet period in Azerbaijan.

The State Tretyakov Galle was founded by a Russian merchant and patron of the arts Pavel Tretyakov. He donated his collection to the city of Moscow in 1892. The State Tretyakov Gallery has since become a world-famous museum. Nowadays it contains more than 170,000 works by Russian artists from early religious paintings to modern art.