Eduard Akuvaev
Soviet/Russian–Israeli painter (1945-2015)
Eduard Izmailovich Akuvaev (Russian: Эдуард Измайлович Акуваев; Hebrew: אדוארד אקובאייב; 25 February 1945 – 24 April 2015) was a Soviet/Russian–Israeli artist and teacher of Mountain Jew descent. He was awarded titles of the Honored Art Worker of Dagestan, Honored Artist of Dagestan. He was awarded the Khalilbek Musaev award. Several of his works are in the National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan in Makhachkala, the Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts and the Derbent State Museum-Reserve.
Biography
Akuvaev was born in Makhachkala to a family of intellectuals.
Akuvaev's serious attraction to art began at the Dagestan Art School, where he entered after the eighth grade of a comprehensive school.
After graduation, he was sent to study at The Moscow Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts in Moscow.
He often visited Tretyakov Gallery to learn from the Old Masters. Akuvaev was influenced by Anthony van Dyck, Diego Velázquez, Ivan Kramskoi, Vincent van Gogh, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
After completing his studies, Akuvaev returned to Makhachkala, to teach in the school.
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