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Gallery of paintings by Soviet Tajik artists

Gallery of paintings by Soviet Tajik artists

Ilya Rakhnaev (1934-2003). Cotton growers of collective farm ‘Tajikistan’. 1975. Oil on canvas. Gallery of paintings by Soviet Tajik artists

Gallery of paintings by Soviet Tajik artists
This post features creativity of three Soviet Tajik artists, members of the Union of Artists of the USSR. In particular, Ilya Rakhnaev (1934-2003), Sukhrob Kerbanov (1946-2016) and Abdurakhmon Rakhimov (1933-2000).
The author of the above painting – Ilya Rakhnaev, a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, the main artist of Dushanbe, and the head artist at the Art Fund of Tajikistan.
Born in 1934 in Tashkent, he successfully graduated from the theatrical art institute and began his creative career in the art fund of Tajikistan. The thirst for knowledge, the desire to see the world and depict what he saw in his paintings, prompted the artist to travel a lot. He creates a series of drawings and sketches depicting the life of the peoples of Central Asia, towns and villages, fortresses and historical monuments. Also, colorful portraits of Uzbeks, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Kirghiz, Gypsies, Jews and other representatives of the East.
Ilya Rakhnaev died suddenly in 2003 in Austria, and buried in the Jewish cemetery in Vienna.

Youth of Tajikistan. 1976 oil on canvas. Painting by S. Kurbanov (b. 1946)

Youth of Tajikistan. 1976 oil on canvas. Painting by S. Kurbanov (b. 1946)

Gallery of paintings by Soviet Tajik artists

A couple. Painting by Medat Kagarov

A couple. Painting by Medat Kagarov

Abdurakhmon Rakhimov (1933-2000). Members of Komsomol youth brigade

Abdurakhmon Rakhimov (1933-2000). Members of Komsomol youth brigade

Artist Sukhrob Kerbanov

Artist Sukhrob Kerbanov

Grape harvest. Zuhur Nurjanovich Habibullaev (1932-2013)

Grape harvest. Zuhur Nurjanovich Habibullaev (1932-2013)

In Baisun. 1988. Painting by Ilya Rakhnaev (1934-2003)

In Baisun. 1988. Painting by Ilya Rakhnaev (1934-2003)

Lenin. Revolution. Artists. 1977. Tempera. S. Kurbanov (b. 1946)

Lenin. Revolution. Artists. 1977. Tempera. S. Kurbanov (b. 1946)

Soviet Tadjikistan. Tempera. 1974. Painting by S. Kurbanov (b. 1946)

Soviet Tadjikistan. Tempera. 1974. Painting by S. Kurbanov (b. 1946)

Center. I think - then I exist. 1985 triptych. Sukhrob Kerbanov

Center. I think – then I exist. 1985 triptych. Sukhrob Kerbanov

Collectivisation in Tajikistan. 1981. Sukhrob Kerbanov (1946-2016)

Collectivisation in Tajikistan. 1981. Sukhrob Kerbanov (1946-2016)

Left. I think - then I exist. 1985 triptych. Sukhrob Kerbanov

Left. I think – then I exist. 1985 triptych. Sukhrob Kerbanov

Right. I think - then I exist. 1985 triptych. Sukhrob Kerbanov

Right. I think – then I exist. 1985 triptych. Sukhrob Kerbanov