Gullu Mustafayeva

Gullu Mustafayeva was born on November 29, 1919, in Charjuy (now Türkmenabat), Turkestan ASSR (now Turkmenistan). She was originally from Shamakhi. In 1927, she moved with her family from Turkmenia to Baku, Old City.^[1]

Mustafayeva graduated from Azerbaijan State Art College in 1938. Mustafayeva created portraits of labor heroes, figures of science and art of her time. Some of these are the portraits of the two-time Hero of Socialist Labor Basti Bagirova, ophthalmologist, doctor of medical sciences Umnisa Musabayova, neurologist, doctor of medical sciences Zahra Salayeva, people's artist Sattar Bahlulzade.^[2]

In Mustafayeva's works, children's portraits form a special series, the "our children" series. The portrait "Mahsati Ganjavi" created in 1947 has a special place in the artist's work. Her works are kept in National Art Museum of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan State Art Gallery.

Mustafayeva died on May 18, 1994, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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