House-Museum of Azim Azimzade, Biographical museum in Dilara Aliyeva Street, Baku, Azerbaijan
The House-Museum of Azim Azimzade is a biographical museum in Baku displaying the work of this influential artist across six rooms. The collection features cartoons, portraits, decorative pieces, and landscapes that showcase different aspects of his creative output.
The memorial museum was created by a decision of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated 14 June 1965 and opened in 1968 at Dilara Aliyeva Street 157, in the house where the painter Azim Azimzade had lived. It was among Baku's first house-museums devoted to a painter. After repairs by the Ministry of Culture, it reopened in 2019.
Azimzade was a cartoonist for the satirical magazine Molla Nasreddin, and his drawings of everyday life and social types are among the museum's holdings. The six rooms also hold his portraits of figures such as Fuzuli, Jalal ad-Din Rumi and Nasimi, plus the paintings "Day of the Refugees", "The Mulberry Tree" and "Votan".
The museum is located on Dilara Aliyeva Street and is easily accessible by public transport. Plan enough time to walk through all six rooms and view the collection at a comfortable pace.
The museum holds 2,117 items in its fund, while 232 works and 3 albums by Azimzade are kept at the R. Mustafayev Azerbaijan State Art Museum and 499 items at the J. Jabbarly Azerbaijan State Theatre Museum. Paintings shown here include "Portrait of Fuzuli", "Day of the Refugees", "The Mulberry Tree" and "Nasimi's Execution".
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