Kamil Museyib oglu Aliyev was born on October 22, 1921 in Iravan. These lands were their native home and motherland. According to the available information, K.Aliyev is the grandson of Gulsum Khanum, the aunt of prominent public figure and scientist Aziz Aliyev.
During the massacre in Iravan in 1905, Museyib, who became a refugee, first moved to Ganja with his family, and then lived in Kars, Turkey for a year. After the situation calmed down, they returned to their native Iravan. The painful years left a special mark on the childhood memory of the future artist. In the 1930s, K.Aliyev’s family moved to Baku and lived in Chambarakand neighborhood of the city.
K.Aliyev entered the Azim Azimzadeh Baku Art College in 1930, during his student years he also worked as an artist on duty in the artistic practice laboratory of the “Azerkhalcha” association. Here he worked with famous artists such as Gazanfar Khalikov, Amir Hajiyev, Latif Karimov.
A year after Kamil Aliyev graduated from the technical school, the Second World War began. After completing a 3-month military training school in Georgia, he was sent to the Belarusian front. He took part in the liberation of Poland and reached Berlin. Despite being wounded several times, he did not leave the front. In 1945–1946, he served in the former Soviet Army in Germany, and in 1946 he was discharged from the army and returned to his homeland. In 1947, he started working as an artist in the carpet producing facility.
In 1958, when the entire Azerbaijani nation was preparing for the 400th anniversary of Fuzuli, K.Aliyev created his portrait on the carpet in honor of the genius poet’s jubilee. Gradually matured artist created the portraits of Nizami and M.F.Akhundov, the founder of our national drama. One of the remarkable works of Kamil Aliyev is “Nasimi” artwork engraved on a carpet on the occasion of Imadaddin Nasimi’s anniversary celebrated by UNESCO in 1973.
K.Aliyev visited India in 1985 and created the works “India”, “Indira Gandhi”, “Rabindranath Tagore”. His works have been exhibited at international and individual exhibitions in Egypt (1975), Italy (1982), India (1985–1987), Iran (1992), Turkey (1992), Saudi Arabia (1995), Switzerland (1988), United States of America (1998), Germany.
Uniqueness and originality play a key role in the artist’s work. Najiba Abdullayeva, candidate of art studies, writes about his works of art: “Khila-buta”, “Tirma”, “Khoncha”, “Petal-orange”, “Butali”, “Tabriz” and other carpets from Kamil Aliyev’s works give us reason to say that , he has created his unique style.”
Kamil Aliyev worked as the director of “Azerkhalcha” Production Union in 1996. 1998 year is full of significant events for the artist. In March of that year, at the international exhibition held in Geneva with the participation of 136 countries, the Azerbaijani carpet was awarded the “Best quality trademark”. In July of the same year, K.Aliyev was awarded the “Golden America” award. In the same month, he was awarded the title of professor.
Kamil Aliyev was awarded the honorary title of “Master of Applied Arts” in 1960. He was the first person to be awarded this title. In addition, he received the honorary titles of “Honored Artist” in 1967 and “People’s Artist” in 1982. He was awarded about twenty orders, as well as in 1999, the highest state award of Azerbaijan at that time, the “Istiqlal” order.
The famous carpet maker-artist Kamil Aliyev died on March 1, 2005.
Source:
Əsgər Zeynalov, İrəvan ziyalıları (Bakı: Oğuz eli, 1999)
