Nüsrət Fətullayev

• Name — Nusrat Fatullayev Nüsrət Fətullayev • Office — Chairman of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan • Term Start — 1944 • Term End — 1946 • Predecessor — Ismayil Akhundov • Successor — Mursal Najafov • Born — 29 May 1913 • Birthplace — Lankaran, Lenkoran uezd, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 1 October 1987 • Place of death — Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR • Children — Vafa Fatullayeva • Spouse — Hokuma Gurbanova • Occupation — painter • Education — Azerbaijan State Azim Azimzadeh Art School • Awards — * Illustration — Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR • Illustration — State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR

Nusrat Fatullayev was born on May 29, 1913, in Lankaran. From 1930 to 1934, he studied at the Azerbaijan State Azim Azimzadeh Art School. In 1938, he was appointed the chief artist of the Azerbaijan National Drama Theatre, and he held that position until the end of his life. He provided stage design for the comedy Hekayati Molla Ibrahim-Khalil Kimyagar (Mirza Fatali Akhundov, 1938) at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators, and for the operettas Arshin Mal Alan (Uzeyir Hajibeyov, 1972), Students' Trick (Rauf Hajiyev, 1940), and Young at Fifty Years Old (Zulfugar Hajibeyov, 1943) at the Azerbaijan State Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy. He worked as an artist for more than fifty plays, such as Almaz (Jafar Jabbarly, 1936), Vagif (Samad Vurgun, 1938), and Tahmina and Zaur (Anar, 1985) at the Azerbaijan State Drama Theater. Nusrat Fatullayev died on October 1, 1987, in Baku. He was buried in the Second Alley of Honor.