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Usta Gambar Karabakhi

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Usta Gambar Karabakhi
Born
Usta Qəmbər Qarabağı

1830s
Shusha, Karabakh, Azerbaijan
Died1905
Shusha, Karabakh, Azerbaijan
NationalityAzerbaijani
Known forArtist

Usta Gambar Karabakhi (Azerbaijani: Usta Qəmbər Qarabağı; 1830s, in Shusha – 1905, in Shusha) was an Azerbaijani ornamentalist painter,[1][2] author of impressive decorative paintings with egg tempera (plant and zoomorphic motifs) in the interior of the Palace of Shaki Khans,[3] in houses of Rustamov, Safi bey and Mehmandarov in Shusha and others.[4][5][6]}

Creativity

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National traditions of wall painting, which is the most valuable legacy of Azerbaijani art, took the main place in the creativity of Usta Gambar Karabakhi. Chased decoration and richness of compositional and color resolutions can be seen in his delicate graphic painting of a complex plant ornament. The painter drew pictures of animals and fantastic beings upon branched ornaments of flowers and plants. The painting also didn't destroy flatness of the wall, but on the contrary, underlined its constructive architectural details.[7]

Later works of Karabakhi, saving a mastery of ancient decorative paintings are distinguished for growth of realistic features in interpretation of distinct graphic motifs. A picture drawn by him in the house of Mehmandarov in Shusha city, where images of deer and pomegranate tree are distinguished for their free interpretation and sappiness of forms, is the most famous picture of the artist. The artist created on the basis of both earlier developed canonized schemes and immediate observations.[8]

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References

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  1. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia – Usta Gambar Garabaghi. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013.
  2. ^ Под общ. ред. Б.В. Веймарна, Ю.Д. Колпинского (1964). General History of Art. Vol. 5. М.: Искусство.
  3. ^ "Usta Gambar Garabaghi". Личности.
  4. ^ "Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic".
  5. ^ "Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast".
  6. ^ "Usta Gambar Garabaghi". Encyclopedias & Dictionaries.
  7. ^ "Image index of Usta Gambar Garabaghi(Azerbaijan), in the Great Soviet encyclopedia". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
  8. ^ "Usta Gambar Karabakhi". Кавказский узел.