[1] At that time, the outbreak of World War II limited Khanlarov's access to higher education.

Examples of his works in historical themes include Meeting in the Village (1932), Mazdak Before Execution (1941), The Peasant Uprising in Tovuz (1940), Javanshir in the Battle Against the Invaders (1982), Reception of the Russian envoy by Fatali Khan, Meshadi Azizbekov Among the Peasants, and among his portraits are Aqa Mirak, Sultan Mohammed, Qatran Tabrizi, Nizami Ganjavi, Javanshir, Imadaddin Nasimi and others.

He has worked in many regions of Azerbaijan, painting the nature of Nakhchivan, Ordubad, Julfa, Sharur, Karabakh, Shusha, Zagatala, and Astara.

[5][2] Kamil Khanlarov's works were exhibited in Austria, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Egypt, Iraq, Canada, Syria, Norway, France, Finland, Japan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Poland.

[2] He taught modern Azerbaijani artists such as Tahir Salahov, Togrul Narimanbekov, Elmira Shahtakhtinskaya, Tofig Agababayev, Rasim Babayev, Hafiz Mammadov and Ali Verdiyev.