What is Tahir Salahov?
{{Infobox artist | name = Tahir Salahov | image = Tahir Salahov 2.jpg | image_size = | caption = Salahov in 2018 | birth_name = Tahir Teymur oğlu Salahov | birth_date =29 November 1928 | birth_place = [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date =21 May 2021 (aged 92)<ref name=death>[https://tass.ru/kultura/11432943 Умер народный художник СССР Таир Салахов]. TASS.ru. 21 May 2021</ref> | death_place = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] | nationality = [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] | known_for = | training = | movement = [[Realism (arts)|Realism]] | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = }} '''Tahir Salahov''' ([[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]], in full: {{lang|az|Tahir Teymur oğlu Salahov}}, {{lang-ru|Таир Теймур Салахов}}; 29 November 1928 – 21 May 2021) was a [[USSR|Soviet]]-[[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]]-born [[Russia]]n painter and draughtsman. He was First Secretary of the [[Union of Artists of the USSR]] from 1973 until 1992. He also was the Vice-President of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Russian Academy of Arts]] from 1997 until his death. Salahov died on 21 May 2021 in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] at the age of 92.<ref name=death/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Salahov, Tahir}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Soviet artists]] [[Category:Azerbaijani people]] [[Category:Russian painters]] {{bio-stub}}