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{{short description|Uzbek muralist, portraitist, miniature painter and teacher}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Chingiz Akhmarov
| native_name = {{lang|uz|Чингиз Ахмаров}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|08|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Troitsk]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|03|13|1912|08|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Tashkent]], Uzbekistan
| education = Perm School of Fine Arts<br/>[[Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture|Surikov Art Institute]]
| known_for = Paintings
| occupation = Artist, educator
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| awards = [[USSR State Prize]]<br/>[[State Hamza Prize]]
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'''Chingiz Akhmarov''' ([[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]: {{lang|uz|Чингиз Ахмаров}}; 18 August 1912, [[Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Troitsk]] - 13 March 1995, [[Tashkent]]) was an [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] muralist, portraitist, [[Persian miniature|miniature]] painter and teacher.<ref name=karimovfoundation/><ref name=aysel>{{cite web|url=https://aysel.co.uk/vistavki_2012_goda/shirin.html|script-title=ru:День шедевра. Ахмаров Чингиз Габдрахманович "Ширин"|trans-title=Masterpiece Day. Akhmarov Chingiz Gabdrakhmanovich "Shirin"|publisher=Aysel|access-date=2024-02-25|language=ru}}</ref> In 1964, he was conferred the title [[People's Artist of Uzbekistan]].<ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/><ref name=arboblar/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-karimova-geneva-art-stolen/25214518.html|title=Uzbek Dissident Claims Gulnara's Geneva Home Holds National Treasures|last1=Babajanov|first1=Shukhrat|last2=Sindelar|first2=Daisy|date=2013-12-27|publisher=RadioLiberty|access-date=2024-02-25}}</ref><ref name=koreapost/> He is held in high regard in Uzbekistan and is credited as one of the artists who kept the tradition of Uzbek miniatures alive.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Chapter 12: Art Education in Uzbekistan|last=Khakimov|first=Akbar|title=Educating in the Arts: The Asian Experience: Twenty-Four Essays|editor-last=Joubert|editor-first=Lindy|page=187|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|date=2008-06-19|isbn=9781402063879}}</ref><ref name=karimovfoundation>{{cite web|url=https://fondkarimov.uz/en/news/karimov-foundation-publishes-seminal-book-dedicated-to-creative-work-of-prominent-uzbek-artist-chingiz-akhmarov/|title=Karimov Foundation publishes seminal book dedicated to creative work of prominent Uzbek artist Chingiz Akhmarov|date=2022-10-31|publisher=Karimov Foundation|access-date=2024-02-25}}</ref><ref name=myufilatova/><ref name=koreapost>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreapost.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=33043|title=Visual and applied arts of the New Uzbekistan are revealed to the world|date=2023-08-14|last=Lee|first=Kyung-sik|publisher=The Korea Post|access-date=2024-02-25}}</ref>


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==Early life==
'''Chingiz Akhmarov''' ([[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]: Чингиз Ахмаров: 1912–1995) was an [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] painter and Uzbekistan State Prize laureate.
Akhmarov was born in [[Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Troitsk]], [[Russian Empire]] on 18 August 1912, one of 11 children.<ref name=aysel/><ref name=madeinuz/><ref name=mrdi>{{cite web|url=https://mrdi.uz/2019/04/03/chingiz-akhmarovs-life-and-creation/|title=Chingiz Akhmarov’s life and creation|website=mrdi.uz|date=2019-04-03|publisher=National Institute of Fine Art and Design|access-date=2024-02-25}}</ref><ref name=arboblar>{{cite web|url=https://arboblar.uz/ru/people/akhmarov-chingiz|script-title=ru:Ахмаров Чингиз|trans-title=Akhmarov Chingiz|website=Arboblar.uz|access-date=2024-02-25|language=ru}}</ref> His father was a wealthy, educated merchant.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Interpretation of historical and cultural heritage in the works of Chingiz Akhmarov|date=2021-08-20|journal=Current Research Journal of History|number=8|last=Salikhov|first=Omonilla|doi=10.37547/history-crjh-02-08-04|pages=19-21|url=https://inlibrary.uz/index.php/crjh/article/view/18542|access-date=2024-02-25}}</ref><ref name=mytashkent>{{cite web|url=https://mytashkent.uz/2012/01/15/chingiz-ahmarov-ryitsar-vostochnoy-damyi/|script-title=ru:Чингиз Ахмаров. «Рыцарь восточной дамы»|trans-title=Chingiz Akhmarov. "Knight of the Eastern Lady"|last=Iskhakova|first=Mastura|date=2012-01-15|website=mytashkent.uz|access-date=2024-02-25|language=uz}}</ref> The family had a large library, which they had inherited from Akhmarov's grandfather.<ref name=arboblar/> Akhmarov enrolled in the Perm School of Fine Arts in 1927, the same year his family moved to [[Qarshi]], Uzbekistan for his father's health. In 1930, his family again relocated, this time to [[Samarkand]], and Akhmarov joined them after graduating in 1931.<ref name=mytashkent/><ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/><ref name=aysel/><ref name=madeinuz/><ref name=arboblar/>


==Career==
Akhmarov participated in decoration projects for Moscow's and Tashkent's subway stations and many museums across the Soviet Union.
In Samarkand, Akhmarov taught drawing and painting at a newly opened art school and wrote for magazines including ''[[Mushtum]]'' and ''Mashal''. In May 1934, he moved to [[Tashkent]], where he worked as an artist in the editorial office of a newspaper. While there, he received assignments to illustrate novels including ''Holy Blood'' by [[Aibek]], ''Childhood'' by Gairatiy, ''Mirage'' by Abdullah Kahkhar and ''Li Chuv'' by Sh. Sulaimanov.<ref name=mytashkent/><ref name=madeinuz/><ref name=aysel/><ref name=arboblar/> In the 1930s, Akhmarov painted a series of portraits, two of which - ''Portrait of a Brother'' and ''Athletes'' - were shown at the [[State Museum of Oriental Art|Museum of Culture and Art of the Peoples of the East]] in Moscow.<ref name=mytashkent/> He was rejected from the art school in [[Leningrad]] in 1935 so went to [[Moscow]] instead, where he entered the [[Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture|Surikov Art Institute]].<ref name=mytashkent/><ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/><ref name=madeinuz/><ref name=aysel/><ref name=arboblar/><ref name=mrdi/> He was a student there during the [[Battle of Moscow]] but was not able to join the army due to poor hearing.<ref name=mytashkent/> In 1942, the institute temporarily relocated to Samarkand, where Akhmarov graduated, before returning to its original location in Moscow the following year.<ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov">{{cite web|title=Monograph on prominent artist Chingiz Akhmarov to be presented|url=http://www.fondforum.uz/en/news/monograph-on-prominent-artist-chingiz-akh/|publisher=Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation|accessdate=4 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=mytashkent/><ref name=aysel/><ref name=arboblar/><ref name=mrdi/>


In 1943, he was tasked with painting eight [[fresco]]es inspired by [[Alisher Navoi]]'s poems in the newly built [[Navoi Theater]] in Tashkent. They were completed in 1947 and the artists who worked on the project, including Akhmarov, received the [[USSR State Prize]], 1st degree.<ref name=mytashkent/><ref name=aysel/><ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/><ref name=arboblar/><ref name=madeinuz>{{cite web|url=http://madeinuz.com/ru/component/k2/item/275-chingiz|script-title=ru:Сын двух народов. Жизнь как палитра красок.|trans-title=Son of two nations. Life is like a palette of colors.|publisher=Made in UZ|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412183543/http://madeinuz.com/ru/component/k2/item/275-chingiz|archive-date=2021-04-12}}</ref> In 1949, he finished his graduate studies and returned full-time to Tashkent, where he taught at an art school.<ref name=mytashkent/> In 1952, he was summoned back to Moscow to create the Friendship of Peoples mosaic in the [[Kiyevskaya (Koltsevaya line)|Kiyevskaya]] metro station.<ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/> He was then asked to fully design the interior of the Opera and Ballet Theatre in [[Kazan]], which he worked on between 1954 and 1955.<ref name=aysel/><ref name=madeinuz/><ref name=arboblar/><ref name=myufilatova>{{cite journal|url=https://kpfu.ru/portal/docs/F_172379533/4_02.pdf|title="The Spring of Love and Inspiration" exhibition: From the generation of an idea to its implementation|last=Yurievna Filatova|first=Maria|journal=Tatarica: Culture, Personality and Education|doi=10.26907/2311-2042-2020-15-2-118-140|pages=120-121}}</ref> From there, he worked on a variety of projects, including at the [[Hotel Ukraina, Moscow|Hotel Ukraina]], [[Ulugh_Beg_Observatory#Museum|Ulugh Beg Museum]], Institute of Oriental Studies, [[The Alisher Navoi State Museum of Literature|Navoi Museum]], a sanatorium in [[Sochi]] and the [[Tashkent Metro]].<ref name=mytashkent/><ref name=aysel/><ref name=karimovfoundation/>
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==Early life==
Chingiz Akhmarov was born in Troitsk in 1912. His family left Troitsk for Karshi in 1931, from where they moved again to [[Samarkand]]. Akhmarov enrolled in the [[Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture|Surikov Art Institute]] in Moscow in 1935. The institute was relocated to Samarkand during the war, and Akhmarov graduated from there in 1942.<ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov">{{cite web|title=Monograph on prominent artist Chingiz Akhmarov to be presented|url=http://www.fondforum.uz/en/news/monograph-on-prominent-artist-chingiz-akh/|publisher=Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation|accessdate=4 March 2013}}</ref>


After the death of his wife in the early 1960s, Akhmarov returned to Tashkent and moved into a two-bedroom apartment in [[Chilanzar]].<ref name=mytashkent/><ref name=aysel/> He taught at the Tashkent Art Institute and returned to illustrating books.<ref name=aysel/><ref name=arboblar/> He created watercolour paintings for Maksud Sheikh-Zadeh's book on [[Ulugh Beg]] in 1962. The following year, he was invited to create the costumes and other artwork for the film adaption of the book, ''The Star of Ulugbek''.<ref name=mytashkent/>
Beginning 1944, Akhmarov launched into an artist's life. Between 1944 and 1947, he painted murals in the Alisher Navoi Theater in [[Tashkent]]. This body of work resulted in a state award. An invitation came from Moscow in 1952 to work on creating the 'Friendship of Peoples' mosaic in Kievskaya-koltsevaya metro station. Akhmarov was conferred with the title of People's Artist of Uzbekistan in 1964. in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the 'Buyuk xizmatlari uchun', an Uzbeki medal for outstanding service to the country.<ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/>


Akhmarov was conferred with the title of [[People's Artist of Uzbekistan]] in 1964<ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/><ref name=aysel/><ref name=arboblar/> and in 1967 received the [[State Hamza Prize]] for "[s]ervices to the Fatherland."<ref name=arboblar/><ref name=aysel/><ref name=mrdi/> In 2001, he was posthumously awarded the National Order of Merit ({{lang-uz|Buyuk xizmatlari uchun}}), an Uzbeki medal for outstanding service to the country.<ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/> His paintings are held in a number of private and public collections, including at the [[Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan]], Museum of Applied Arts, [[The Alisher Navoi State Museum of Literature|Navoi State Museum of Literature]] and Kokand Literature Museum.<ref name=mrdi/><ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/>
Akhmarov was an artist with a global appeal. His works adorn museums and private collections across the world.<ref name="Chingiz Akhmarov"/>

==Personal life==
Akhmarov died on 13 March 1995 in Tashkent.<ref name=mytashkent/><ref name=aysel/><ref name=madeinuz/><ref name=mrdi/> His wife, painter and academic Shamsroy Khasanova, had died c. 1961.<ref name=mytashkent/> His autobiography, ''On the Path to the Beautiful'', was published in 2007.<ref name=madeinuz/>


==References==
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Chingiz Akhmarov
Чингиз Ахмаров
Born(1912-08-18)18 August 1912
Troitsk, Russian Empire
Died13 March 1995(1995-03-13) (aged 82)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
EducationPerm School of Fine Arts
Surikov Art Institute
Occupation(s)Artist, educator
Known forPaintings
AwardsUSSR State Prize
State Hamza Prize

Chingiz Akhmarov (Uzbek: Чингиз Ахмаров; 18 August 1912, Troitsk - 13 March 1995, Tashkent) was an Uzbek muralist, portraitist, miniature painter and teacher.[1][2] In 1964, he was conferred the title People's Artist of Uzbekistan.[3][4][5][6] He is held in high regard in Uzbekistan and is credited as one of the artists who kept the tradition of Uzbek miniatures alive.[7][1][8][6]

Early life

Akhmarov was born in Troitsk, Russian Empire on 18 August 1912, one of 11 children.[2][9][10][4] His father was a wealthy, educated merchant.[11][12] The family had a large library, which they had inherited from Akhmarov's grandfather.[4] Akhmarov enrolled in the Perm School of Fine Arts in 1927, the same year his family moved to Qarshi, Uzbekistan for his father's health. In 1930, his family again relocated, this time to Samarkand, and Akhmarov joined them after graduating in 1931.[12][3][2][9][4]

Career

In Samarkand, Akhmarov taught drawing and painting at a newly opened art school and wrote for magazines including Mushtum and Mashal. In May 1934, he moved to Tashkent, where he worked as an artist in the editorial office of a newspaper. While there, he received assignments to illustrate novels including Holy Blood by Aibek, Childhood by Gairatiy, Mirage by Abdullah Kahkhar and Li Chuv by Sh. Sulaimanov.[12][9][2][4] In the 1930s, Akhmarov painted a series of portraits, two of which - Portrait of a Brother and Athletes - were shown at the Museum of Culture and Art of the Peoples of the East in Moscow.[12] He was rejected from the art school in Leningrad in 1935 so went to Moscow instead, where he entered the Surikov Art Institute.[12][3][9][2][4][10] He was a student there during the Battle of Moscow but was not able to join the army due to poor hearing.[12] In 1942, the institute temporarily relocated to Samarkand, where Akhmarov graduated, before returning to its original location in Moscow the following year.[3][12][2][4][10]

In 1943, he was tasked with painting eight frescoes inspired by Alisher Navoi's poems in the newly built Navoi Theater in Tashkent. They were completed in 1947 and the artists who worked on the project, including Akhmarov, received the USSR State Prize, 1st degree.[12][2][3][4][9] In 1949, he finished his graduate studies and returned full-time to Tashkent, where he taught at an art school.[12] In 1952, he was summoned back to Moscow to create the Friendship of Peoples mosaic in the Kiyevskaya metro station.[3] He was then asked to fully design the interior of the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kazan, which he worked on between 1954 and 1955.[2][9][4][8] From there, he worked on a variety of projects, including at the Hotel Ukraina, Ulugh Beg Museum, Institute of Oriental Studies, Navoi Museum, a sanatorium in Sochi and the Tashkent Metro.[12][2][1]

After the death of his wife in the early 1960s, Akhmarov returned to Tashkent and moved into a two-bedroom apartment in Chilanzar.[12][2] He taught at the Tashkent Art Institute and returned to illustrating books.[2][4] He created watercolour paintings for Maksud Sheikh-Zadeh's book on Ulugh Beg in 1962. The following year, he was invited to create the costumes and other artwork for the film adaption of the book, The Star of Ulugbek.[12]

Akhmarov was conferred with the title of People's Artist of Uzbekistan in 1964[3][2][4] and in 1967 received the State Hamza Prize for "[s]ervices to the Fatherland."[4][2][10] In 2001, he was posthumously awarded the National Order of Merit (Uzbek: Buyuk xizmatlari uchun), an Uzbeki medal for outstanding service to the country.[3] His paintings are held in a number of private and public collections, including at the Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan, Museum of Applied Arts, Navoi State Museum of Literature and Kokand Literature Museum.[10][3]

Personal life

Akhmarov died on 13 March 1995 in Tashkent.[12][2][9][10] His wife, painter and academic Shamsroy Khasanova, had died c. 1961.[12] His autobiography, On the Path to the Beautiful, was published in 2007.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Karimov Foundation publishes seminal book dedicated to creative work of prominent Uzbek artist Chingiz Akhmarov". Karimov Foundation. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n День шедевра. Ахмаров Чингиз Габдрахманович "Ширин" [Masterpiece Day. Akhmarov Chingiz Gabdrakhmanovich "Shirin"] (in Russian). Aysel. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Monograph on prominent artist Chingiz Akhmarov to be presented". Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ахмаров Чингиз [Akhmarov Chingiz]. Arboblar.uz (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  5. ^ Babajanov, Shukhrat; Sindelar, Daisy (2013-12-27). "Uzbek Dissident Claims Gulnara's Geneva Home Holds National Treasures". RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  6. ^ a b Lee, Kyung-sik (2023-08-14). "Visual and applied arts of the New Uzbekistan are revealed to the world". The Korea Post. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  7. ^ Khakimov, Akbar (2008-06-19). "Chapter 12: Art Education in Uzbekistan". In Joubert, Lindy (ed.). Educating in the Arts: The Asian Experience: Twenty-Four Essays. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 187. ISBN 9781402063879.
  8. ^ a b Yurievna Filatova, Maria. ""The Spring of Love and Inspiration" exhibition: From the generation of an idea to its implementation" (PDF). Tatarica: Culture, Personality and Education: 120–121. doi:10.26907/2311-2042-2020-15-2-118-140.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h Сын двух народов. Жизнь как палитра красок. [Son of two nations. Life is like a palette of colors.]. Made in UZ. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Chingiz Akhmarov's life and creation". mrdi.uz. National Institute of Fine Art and Design. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  11. ^ Salikhov, Omonilla (2021-08-20). "Interpretation of historical and cultural heritage in the works of Chingiz Akhmarov". Current Research Journal of History (8): 19–21. doi:10.37547/history-crjh-02-08-04. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Iskhakova, Mastura (2012-01-15). Чингиз Ахмаров. «Рыцарь восточной дамы» [Chingiz Akhmarov. "Knight of the Eastern Lady"]. mytashkent.uz (in Uzbek). Retrieved 2024-02-25.
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