Togrul Narimanbekov

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Togrul Farman oglu Narimanbekov (Azeri in full: Toğrul Fərman oğlu Nərimanbəyov, Russian: Тогрул Нариманбеков; born August 7, 1930, Baku) is an Azeri painter and a People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR since 1967, awarded the USSR State Prize in 1980 and the Leninist Komsomol Prize of Azerbaijan SSR in 1967.

Graduated in A. Azimzade State Art School in Azerbaijan and in Vilnius Art Institute (1950—1955). In 1955 Narimanbekov became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. He made use of figures from traditional Azeri folk tales depicted in very rich colors.