Usta Gambar Karabakhi

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Usta Gambar Karabakhi

Born Usta Qəmbər Qarabağı

1830s

Shusha, Karabakh, Azerbaijan

Died 1905

Shusha, Karabakh, Azerbaijan

Nationality Azerbaijani

Known for Artist

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 and Mehmandarov in Shusha and
others.[4][5][6]}

Creativity[edit]
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]
Gallery[edit]
 Paintings on the walls of the Palace of Shaki Khans
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References[edit]
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. 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.

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