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Tahir Salahov (born 1928, Baku) is an Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman. His father Teymur Salahov had been a victim of Stalin's repressions, having been arrested in 1937 and executed shortly after. His mother Sona was left to bring up four children on her own but the family didn't learn of their father's death until 1956 after Stalin's death.Tahir Salahov studied at the Azimzade Art College in Baku in 1945–1950 and the Surikov Moscow Art Institute in 1951–1957. Salahov won an early recognition: his diploma work, The Shift is Over, was exhibited in 1957 at the Moscow All-Union Art Exhibition and received public and critical acclaim. He became one of the leading representatives of the so-called "severe style" (Russian: "суровый стиль"), a trend in Soviet art of the 1960s that aimed to set off a hard, publicist, realist view against the ceremonial "polished reality" of the Joseph Stalin era.

Salahov’s compositions on the life and work of the Baku oil-workers (e.g. "Repair Men", 1961, Mustafayev Azerbaijan State Museum of Art, Baku) and portraits, e.g., of Azerbaijani composer Kara Karayev (1960, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow), and Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1976, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow), are characterized by a forcefulness and lack of idealization. Salahov chose a sparing palette of contrasting red, black, light- and dark-grey tones and gave colored plains a decorative function.His later works are more peaceful and lyrically contemplative, and Eastern influences are more apparent, as in Portrait of Grandson Dan (1983, Azerbaijan State Museum of Art), in which the composition and colouring are subordinate to the flowing rhythms of Eastern medieval miniatures. His lines became smoother and more melodious, his palette more sophisticated. Many of his most successful works are associated with his impressions of foreign countries (e.g., Mexican Corrida; 1969, Mustafayev Azerbaijan State Museum of Art). He also produced expressive drawings and stage designs

Portrait of Dan 1983 Azerbaijan State Museum of Art

A portrait of the historian-musician Firudin Shushinski 2005

Abandoned garden 1997

Agave 1984(Artist’s mother)

Tahir Salahov's mother, Sona, brought this Century plant from Crimea 30 years earlier and planted it in the garden at their summer house. Finally after 25-30 years, it suddenly started to blossom. The plant is now about seven meters tall. To Tahir, it is symbolic of the endurance of his mother's character. She raised five children - all by herself - after her husband was arrested and executed. 

Agave with red lamp Still life with red peppers 1977

Aidan - Star of the East 2002The State Tretyakov Gallery

Aidan draws 1977

Dedications 1969

Alagez Legend of the East

2002

The old mosqueHovsan (Absheron)

1994

Old Bath 1978

The State Tretyakov Gallery

Bukhara bazaar 1956

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San Marco Venice 1986

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Cordoba Spain1975

Cross street in Prague 1961

Old Baku 1999

Morning in Moscow

Old Baku2012

Absheron motiv 1963

Nardaran fall 1987

Red windmill 1970

MijasChurch Square2005

Old Mijas Spain2005

Granada roofs1978

Autumn in Paris2007

Always with the

Eiffel Tower 2007

Mexican Corrida 1969

Mustafayev Azerbaijan State Museum of Art

Mexican Corrida 1984

Palma Torremolinos Spain 2004

Palma evening - Benalmadena Costa 2005

Ronda Spain 2005

The State Tretyakov Gallery

Ronda Spain 2005

Assisi 1985

A street in Assisi

2000

Square in Bergamo

2000

Mardakan tower 1978

Today Salahov lives in Moscow, where he is a professor and has a studio at the Moscow Art Institute. He has received numerous honors, including People's Artist of USSR, Russia and Azerbaijan, Hero of Socialist Labour, USSR State Prize (1968), First Secretary of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1973–1992), Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts, member of over 20 academies and other creative organizations throughout the world, including academies of art of France, Spain, Germany, Austria, etc

Cafe Greko 2002 The State 

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Window View – Venice

1999

Venice Terminus

hotel1999

Venice Grand Canal1964

Babak1985

Baki Bulvar 1987

Sunny morning 1980

Nakhchivan Mountains 1970

Shirvanshahs Palace Baku 1966

The State Tretyakov Gallery

Sanctuary Novxanıda 1999

Bilgah 1980

1980

Bilgah village 1980

Morning at the Caspian Sea 1978

The birth of the artichoke 2008Baku MOMA

Nardaran street 1978

1990

Morning-Train1958

The State Tretyakov Gallery

The catch still life

1984

Rocks

Roofs of old Baku

Bright morning Moscow suburbs

IRRA

The house-workshop of Salvador Dali in Cadaques

Cadaques2009

Mstislav Rostropovich 2000 The State Tretyakov Gallery

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Sound: P.I.Tchaikovski Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (V.Spivakov) Allegro moderato