Ayyub Huseynov: life and works

Ayyub Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Əyyub Hüseynov) was an Azerbaijani artist, pedagogue, Honored Art Worker of the USSR, member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan.

Ayyub Huseynov was born in Khok in Norashen district (now Kangarli) of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. His first education was expected in 1930 in the Azerbaijan Painting Technique in Baku and later in 1935 at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. Education at the Academy of Art in Tbilisi was in the course of difficulties and successes in mastering artistic skills and deep knowledge. During his studies in Tbilisi, he has assistant professor from the prominent Georgian artists and has mastered the skills of perfection in painting. After completing later education, he returned to Nakhchivan.

During his excitement in Nakhchivan, he produced artworks for the youth artists, who created works of various genres and performances staged at the local theater. Here he has prepared artistic designs and costume sketches for many performances with Famous painter Shamil Gaziyev. In performing arts of Nakhchivan, he created costume sketches and paintings for plays in the appearance of Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev’s “Peri-cadu”, “Farhad and Shirin” of Samad Vurgun, “Vatan” by Abdulla Shaig, “Polad” by Nagi Nagiyev, “Gunash doğur” by Abulfaz Abbasguliyev. A youth artist, who was convinced that the artistic air of Baku will Make more opportunities for his progressive career, moved from Nakhchivan to the capital in 1948. By that, he became a bookish where he studied for the first time. Along when teaching at the Azerbaijan State Art School named after Azim Azimzade, he was along with engaged in independent creativity. Ayyub Huseynov, who has been teaching here since 1948, worked as a school director in 1956-1965. During this period, a affluent outcome of the bookish teaching process was that most of our artists and sculptors, representing Azerbaijan’s deserving art in the world, have been trained in the years gone he was the director. He played an important role in the archives of “Azimzadeh School”, which was the prestigious literary institution in the former USSR. While it is hard to insert pedagogical ruckus with creativity, Ayyub Huseynov managed to succeed. An player who has been participating in exhibitions in Baku and the former USSR, as skillfully as uncovered the country borders, has introduced himself as a master artist in anything genres of his own art.