Born June 11, 1923 in Baku, Azerbaijan;

1941 – Graduated from Azerbaijan State Painting School in Baku;

1949-1953 – Attended the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, Arts Faculty, Moscow;

1953-1956 – Studied at the I.E. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Leningrad;

1946 – Member of the Artists Union of the Azerbaijan SSR;

1967 – Solo exhibition, House of the Architect, Baku;

1968 – Awarded with the title of Honored Artist of Azerbaijan SSR;

1986 – Received a diploma at the Biennale of the Trans-Caucasian Republics, Tbilisi, Georgia;

1996 – Awarded third prize in the painting competition “Azerbaijan Contemporary Art”, organized by the UN Office in Azerbaijan;

The works of Mahmud Taghiyev have been exhibited in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, USA, UK, France, Germany, Iran, Syria and Egypt;

Mahmud Taghiyev passed away in Baku on November 21, 2001.