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.