Najafgulu Ismayilov

Najafgulu Ismayilov married the artist Gullu Mustafayeva in 1949. He is the father of organist Rana Ismayilova and violinist Sevinj Ismayilova. He died on March 25, 1990 in Baku.

His works in the genre of plot paintings and landscapes include "Grand Opera" (1960), "Street in the Old City" (1960), "Happiness" (1970), "Realist Artist" and others. He expressed his attitude to the negative situations he encountered in such cartoons as "Caring Farm Manager", "This is how a real board of honor is like", "We finally found a language", "Wordless" and others. In 1958, the artist created the historical work "Execution of Nasimi".

The portrait genre has an important place in his work. His works of this kind include "Gubali Fatali khan" (1947), "General Hazi Aslanov" (1949), "Sara Ashurbeyli" (1951), "Poet Mirza Ali Mojuz" (1954), "Writer Abdulla Shaig" (1955)., "Mother" (1967), "Writer Jalil Mammadguluzadeh" (1967), "Poet Samad Vurgun" (1967), "Academician Mikayil Useynov" (1972), "Sattar Bahlulzade" (1973), "Uzeyir Hajibeyov" (1975), "Nasreddin Tusi" and other portraits.

Najafgulu Ismayilov has participated in art exhibitions organized in the republic and Moscow since the 1940s with historical plaques, copies, as well as images of cultural figures. He had opened solo exhibitions in Baku, Moscow and Leningrad, where several albums of his paintings and illustrations for books have been displayed. In 1970-1982, the artist also made copper bas-reliefs of Fuzuli, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Uzeyir Hajibeyov. His works have been exhibited in exhibition halls in Germany, Canada, Lebanon, Russia and other countries. Many of the artist's paintings for "Kirpi" magazine were exhibited at an international laughter competition in the 1970s in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.

Najafgulu Abdulrahim oghlu Ismayilov (Azerbaijani: Nəcəfqulu Əbdülrəhim oğlu İsmayılov, March 15, 1923 — March 25, 1990) was an Azerbaijani painter, graphic artist, Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan.

Najafgulu Ismayilov was born on March 15, 1923 in Baku. He studied at the Azerbaijan State Art School in 1936–1940, but was unable to continue his higher education due to the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War. From 1952 to 1979, he worked as a chief artist in the satirical magazine "Kirpi".