Munavvar Rzayeva

• Name — Munavvar Rzayeva • Birth Name — Rzayeva Münəvvər Məcid qızı • Born — 6 June 1929 • Birthplace — Shusha, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, TSFSR, USSR • Died — 6 June 2004 • Place of death — Baku, Azerbaijan • Education — Azerbaijan State Art School named after Azim Azimzade Surikov Moscow State Institute of Art • Known for — Sculptor • Awards — * Illustration — Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic

• Illustration — Sculpture of Nigar Rafibeyli 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.

• Dedicated to — Date — Location — Notes • Sevil Gaziyeva — 1969 — Baku — bas-relief (bronze) • Mikayil Mushfig — 1970 — Baku — bust (granite) • Sergey Yesenin — 1977 — Mardakan — sculpture • Ayna Sultanova — 1986 — Baku — bust • Mehdikhan Vakilov — 1976 — Baku (2nd Alley of Honor) — sculpture • Alibala Shirinov — 1973 — Baku (2nd Alley of Honor) — sculpture • Bahmanyār — Baku (Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature) — bust (marble) • Imadaddin Nasimi — Baku — sculpture (wood) • Samad Vurgun — 1966 — Imishli — sculpture • Sevil Gazıyeva — 1972 — Zaqatala — sculpture • Mirza Alakbar Sabir — 1973 — Quba — bust • Mahsati — 1983 — Ganja — sculpture • Mikayil Mushfig — 1989 — Khizi District (Sayadli) — sculpture • Nigar Rafibeyli — 1998 — Ganja — sculpture (bronze) • Heydar Aliyev — 1998 — Qusar — bas-relief (bronze)

Munavvar Rzayeva is recorded at birth as Münəvvər Məcid qızı Rzayeva. Recorded as having studied at Azim Azimzade Art School and Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts. Rzayeva studied at Azim Azimzade Art School and Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts.