Nadir Gasimov

Nadir Sadig oghlu Gasimov (Azerbaijani: Nadir Sadıq oğlu Qasımov, May 22, 1928 — March 10, 2000) was a Soviet Azerbaijani painter, who was awarded the title of the People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

[1] About 50 landscape and portrait works dedicated to ancient and modern China by the artist were displayed in his first individual exhibition organized in 1961 at the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan.

[2] Gasimov's creativity covered a period of more than half a century, from the end of the 1940s to the year 2000.

His works have been exhibited many times in more than 50 countries around the world — in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Germany, Italy, England, France, Egypt, Yugoslavia, India, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Mongolia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, Turkey and has been awarded various diplomas and honorary degrees.

In 1970–2000, he was engaged in teaching activities at the University of Arts, where he was a professor of the Department of Painting.