Tahir Salahov

Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian artist (1928-2021)

Tahir Salahov (Azerbaijani, in full: Tahir Teymur oğlu Salahov, Russian: Таир Теймур Салахов; 29 November 1928 – 21 May 2021) was a Soviet-Azerbaijani-born Russian painter and draughtsman. He was First Secretary of the Union of Artists of the USSR from 1973 until 1992. He also was the Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts from 1997 until his death.

Tahir Salahov
Salahov in 2018
Born
Tahir Teymur oğlu Salahov

29 November 1928
Died21 May 2021 (aged 92)[1]
NationalityAzerbaijani
MovementRealism

Salahov died on 21 May 2021 in Berlin, Germany at the age of 92.[1]

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