Baba Balababa Oglu Aliyev

Place: Baku

Born: 1915

Death: 1991

Biography:

Baba Balababa oglu Aliyev was an Azerbaijani painter, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, Chairman of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan. Baba Aliyev was born in Baku, Russian Empire (present-day Baku, Azerbaijan) in 1915. He graduated from the Azerbaijan Art School and Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute. During the Great Patriotic War, he fought against fascist invaders on the frontline and created artworks such as 'A Portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union S. Suprun' and a portrait of commissar Novruz Aslanov. After his military service, Azerbaijani national heroic fighters and the subject of war became an integral part of his oeuvre. Baba Aliyev died on March 27, 1991 in Baku.