Taghi Taghiyev was born on 7 November 1917 in Baku, Russian Empire (now Azerbaijan).

[2] Taghiyev traveled to many countries, including Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, France and created many paintings about his life.

"Childhood Memories", "Absheron Series" and the other famous paintings of the artist were demonstrated in Prague, Pekin, Dakar, Baghdad and other cities.

"Gara Garayev", "Sattar Bahlulzade", "Bahruz Kangarli" (1947), "Kamil Khanlarov", "Soltan Mahammad", "Maral Rahmanzadeh" are the most known works of Taghi Taghiyev.

He went on a trip to countries of Europe and Africa in 1954 and created many paintings of his impressions as "African Girl", "Hello, New World".