31 Facts About Sattar Bahlulzade

Sattar Bahlulzade was an Azerbaijani painter, best known for his landscape paintings depicting the nature of Azerbaijan.

Sattar Bahlulzade is considered to be the founder of Azerbaijani Impressionism.

Sattar Bahlulzade's works have been featured in exhibitions in Azerbaijan, the Soviet Union, and other parts of the world.

Sattar Bahlulzade is the recipient of many awards, including two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour and People's Artist of Azerbaijan.

Sattar Bahlulzade was born on 15 December 1909 in the village of Amirjan near Baku.

Sattar Bahlulzade was the third child in the family after two elder sisters.

Sattar Bahlulzade developed a love for painting in his early childhood.

Sattar Bahlulzade folded the blankets and beddings in a way that the color schemes matched.

At school, Sattar Bahlulzade was fond of the poems of Nizami Ganjavi, Vagif, and Khaqani, but most of all, he was inspired by the poetry of Fuzuli and the characters in his version of the famous poem Layla and Majnun.

Sattar Bahlulzade depicted these characters on the covers of his notebooks.

Sattar Bahlulzade attended the National Art Institute in Baku starting in 1927.

Sattar Bahlulzade worked in the editorial office for two years, during which his first works of art, cartoons, were published.

Sattar Bahlulzade was known primarily for his landscape paintings dedicated to the nature of the Azerbaijan.

However, Sattar Bahlulzade soon developed his own style, which helped him to better express his emotions in his depictions of nature.

Sattar Bahlulzade developed his work on both natural and industrial landscapes simultaneously.

Sattar Bahlulzade immediately became fascinated by the Island of Miracles.

Sattar Bahlulzade returned to Baku full of impressions and ideas about future oil industry landscapes.

In 1973, Sattar Bahlulzade became seriously ill due to blood poisoning.

Sattar Bahlulzade was a true lover of nature and saw himself as part of nature.

Sattar Bahlulzade spent a lot of time working on each painting.

For most of his life, Sattar Bahlulzade lived in his native village.

Sattar Bahlulzade was never married and did not have much personal life.

However, Sattar Bahlulzade decided to give him a painting for free.

In 1964, the works of Sattar Bahlulzade were exhibited in the National Gallery in Prague.

Nonetheless, Sattar Bahlulzade refused the fee, offering the paintings to the gallery as a gift.

Sattar Bahlulzade had several unique physical features, one of which was his long hair.

Sattar Bahlulzade suspected that Fuad would be more interested in and focused on his hair than on his personality, and therefore he cut his hair and showed up in the sculptor's studio.

Sattar Bahlulzade's works have been shown at exhibitions of Soviet fine art in Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Norway, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Iraq, Cuba, Canada, Belgium, France, Japan, and other countries.

In 1969, Sattar Bahlulzade was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour for the second time.

In 1972, Sattar Bahlulzade was awarded the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR for his series of works denoted Landscapes of Azerbaijan.

The life and work of Sattar Bahlulzade have been the subject of many documentaries, paintings, poems, and sculptures.