Nazim Baykishiyev

Nazim Baykishiyev
Nazim Bəykişiyev
Born(1948-06-29)29 June 1948
Died8 September 2025(2025-09-08) (aged 77)
OccupationPainter
Awards

Nazim Zohrab oghlu Baykishiyev (Azerbaijani: Nazim Zöhrab oğlu Bəykişiyev; 29 June 1948 – 8 September 2025) was an Azerbaijani artist and stage designer. He was appointed the People's Artist of Azerbaijan in 2006.

Life and career

Nazim Baykishiyev worked at the Baku State Art Gallery after graduating from the painting faculty of the Azim Azimzade Art School. In 1970–1975, he entered the theater artist faculty of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts in Moscow and studied in the class of People's Artist of the USSR Sergey Obraztsov. After graduating from that educational institution, he worked as a stage designer at the Puppet Theater and the Russian Drama Theater in Ordzhonikidze. Later, he worked as a stage designer and chief artist at the Sumgait State Musical Drama Theater, the Azerbaijan State Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy, and the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators.[1]

Beginning in 2001, he was the chief artist of the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre.[2]

Baykishiyev died from lung cancer on 8 September 2025, at the age of 77.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Nazim Bəykişiyev". Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  2. ^ "BƏYKİŞİYEV Nazim Zöhrab oğlu". Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  3. ^ Xalq rəssamı Nazim Bəykişiyev vəfat edib (in Azerbaijani)
  4. ^ "Təsviri sənət xadimlərinə Azərbaycan Respublikası fəxri adlarının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Fərmanı". Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2018-10-08.