Geybatli Ashraf Nazir oglu
Born in 1951 in Baku. Graduated from the State Art Institute in Baku in 1979. Member of the UNESCO International Federation of Artists, honored artist of Azerbaijan.
Works in collections
Works are in private collections in Russia, USA, Israel, Germany, Turkey, Algeria, Egypt, Norway, United Kingdom, Poland, Bulgaria, Morocco, France.
Exhibitions and auctions
1982 Personal exhibition, Moscow; 1984 Personal exhibition, Moscow; 1987 Personal exhibition, Baku, Azerbaijan; 1991 Personal exhibition, Moscow; 1991 International group exhibition, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia; 1992 'Through Egypt', personal exhibition, Moscow; 1992 Personal exhibition, Duisburg, Germany; 1992 Autumn exhibition at M. Gruzinskaya, Moscow.
Author about himself
I work quickly, fearing to miss the most important thing, which to me is the state of the soul... Affirming themes have quietly entered the subjects of my paintings: love, joy, music. I love free drawing, sharp contours. 'Likeness' does not concern me; I value expressiveness more.
Critic
There Were and Are Legends of Absheron. Ashraf Geybatov (Geybatli) is an Azerbaijani living in Moscow... He started as a painter with a narrow national focus. His early compositions were inspired by eastern tales and legends, illustrations of his native history, and landscapes of his homeland. His techniques include compositional centrality, saturation with human figures, ornamental elements, items of national life, national costumes, decorativeness and detail, and a refined play of festive colors. Ashraf is a real expert in eastern culture and literature, and some illustrative quality inherent in his early works was soon replaced with associative-poetic thinking... M. Tsyplakova
Bibliography
'My Land, My Love,' magazine 'Culture and Life,' No.2, 1989; 'Lamp Fire,' magazine 'Dnes i Utre,' 1986, Bulgaria; 'Artist and Perestroika,' magazine 'New Time,' No.42, 1989; 'Beauty Will Save the World,' magazine 'Horizon,' No.12, 1990; 'There Were and Are Legends of Absheron,' magazine 'Soviet Literature,' No.12, 1990; 'Decorative Beauty of Parables,' magazine 'Friendship of Peoples,' No.4, 1991; 'Egyptian Rainbow,' APN magazine 'Orbita,' No.6, 1991; 'WISBADENER KURIER' newspaper, May 4, 1992, Germany; 'DUISBURG' newspaper, May 12, 1992, Germany.
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