Ibrahim Guliyev

Ibrahim Guliyev (1915-1971) was an Azerbaijani sculptor.

In 1935-40 he studied at the Leningrad Academy of Painting. He worked mainly as a monumental artist. In the early years of creativity he created monuments of Farayev, Solveyq. For some time he worked at a workshop of Keylikhis. He is the author of a monument "Motherland" in Ganja. In 1955 he created the buts portrait of V. Lenin. This bust is now exhibited at the Museum of History. He is also the author of a number of other portraits. He was People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1955), the USSR State Prize winner (1947, 1951), corresponding member of USSR Academy of Arts (1949).[1]