17 Facts About Bahruz Kangarli

Bahruz Kangarli was born on January 22,1892, in the city of Nakhchivan.

The artist's mother, Aziz, died when Bahruz was a baby, after that, his father, Shirali Bey, married Shirin Khanim.

Bahruz Kangarli sent his son to study in a new type of city school called "Khayriyya".

Bahruz Kangarli benefited from the books and picture books brought home by his father, showed interest in drawing from an early age, copied pictures, and tried to increase his level of knowledge by learning Russian.

Bahruz Kangarli, who lost his hearing when he was young, spends all his time drawing pictures, getting caught up in his dream world.

Bahruz Kangarli got acquainted with the columns and caricatures published in the magazine, and learned the secrets of drawing by drawing the copies of funny pictures.

Bahruz Kangarli was not satisfied with copying lifeless plaster statues, but at the same time, he painted portraits of his teachers and fellow students from living nature, and succeeded in reviving the appearance, likeness, and psychological traits of a person in a realistic manner.

The leading intellectuals of the city highly appreciated the exhibition, and in an article published in the press, they wished that "Bahruz Kangarli bey succeeds in creating more beautiful and more paintings".

Bahruz Kangarli exhibited his works in his home, attached special importance to the first initiatives in the direction of artistic education and aesthetic culture of young people, took special pleasure in attracting the artistic demands of modern people to fine art and mass types of folk creativity, and found solace in the fruits of the work done in this field.

Bahruz Kangarli tirelessly conducts artistic searches, creates paintings and paintings in the genres of portrait, landscape, and still life painting, imbued with psychological features, spiritual feelings and emotions, distinguished by their lyrical mood.

Bahruz Kangarli was inclined to the method of realism, especially the style of impressionism, which expresses the beauty of man and nature, the harmony of colors, and the freshness of air-light effects in a complete and complete way.

Bahruz Kangarli closely participated in the implementation of events related to the development of theater art in Nakhchivan.

Bahruz Kangarli created a lot of costume sketches characterizing the characters of the works he created, attracting the viewer with their historical integrity, national color, rich colors, patterns, and decorations.

Bahruz Kangarli died of lung disease on February 7,1922, at the age of 30.

Bahruz Kangarli is depicted sitting at a table in a school uniform, while thinking.

Bahruz Kangarli would invite homeless children to his home, give them food, clothes, shoes, and take pictures of them.

On May 25,2016, the Park of Artists named after Bahruz Kangarli was put into use in the city of Nakhchivan, and a monument to the artist was erected.