Born November 29, 1928 in Baku, Azerbaijan;

1950 – Graduated from A. Azimzade State Art College in Baku;

1957 – Graduated from the Faculty of Painting of V.I. Surikov’s Moscow State Academic Art Institute;

1963-1973 – Teaching at M.A. Aliyev’s Azerbaijan State Institute of Art and Culture;

1967 – Awarded the honorary title of the People’s Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR;

1973 – Elected as First Secretary of the Artists Union of USSR From 1975 onwards – Professor at V.I. Surikov’s Moscow State Academic Art Institute;

1984-1992 – Head of a Chair for Painting and Composition at V.I. Surikov’s Moscow State Academic Art Institute From 1979 onwards – Secretary Academician of the Painting Unit of Russian Academy of Arts;

1992 – Vice President of UNESCO’s International Artists Federation;

1996 – Awarded with the honorary title of People’s Artist of Russian Federation;

1997 – Elected Vice President of the Russian Academy of Arts;

1998/2003 – Awarded with Russian orders of second and third degrees “For services to the Motherland”;

2008 – Awarded with Heydar Aliyev’s order;

2009 – Awarded with France’s honorary order “Arts and Literature” for a significant contribution into development of cultural relations between Azerbaijan and France;

2010 – Awarded with Honor and Fame orders of the third degree;

Received highest honors and orders of the Soviet Union, including Hero of Socialist Labor;

Awarded with Azerbaijan’s highest honor of “Freedom”.

LIFE EVENTS
1928
Born
1950
Graduated from A. Azimzade State Art College in Baku;
1957
Graduated from the Faculty of Painting of V.I. Surikov’s Moscow State Academic Art Institute;
EXHIBITIONS
2009
“Tahir Salahov. Painting. Graphics”, “Yekaterina” Cultural Fund, Moscow, Russia;
2008
“For You, Humanity!” personal exhibition, Aydan Gallery, Moscow, Russia;
2002
Personal exhibition, Russia Federation President’s Administration, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia;
2000
Personal exhibition, Aydan Gallery, Moscow, Russia;
1998-1999
Personal exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary, R.Mustafayev Art Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan;
1995
Personal exhibition, National Museum, Peking, China;
1991
Personal exhibition, Diego Rivera Museum, Mexico City, Mexico;
1978
Personal exhibition, R. Mustafayev Art Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan;
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