Left, Tair Salakhov in his studio with his pupil Asankul Baigaziev. Tair Salakhov (b. 1928) is the most acclaimed Azeri artist, founder of the Severe Style in Soviet painting, and a prominent public figure. People's Artist of the U.S.S.R., Presidium member of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Arts, he is winner of the U.S.S.R. State Prize and many other awards, and Foreign Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Fine Arts and the San Fernando Spanish Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
- Event date: 01.06.1978
- Date published: 14.03.2011
- Author: Lev Ivanov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: 78-11791, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5280x3544px, 3.4Mb