Ogtay Sadigzade

Ogtay Seyid Huseyn oghlu Sadigzade (Oqtay Seyid Hüseyn oğlu Sadıqzadə, 24 February 1921 – 20 December 2014) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani visual artist. He was awarded the title People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1992), laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2014), Personal pensioner of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2002).

Biography
Ogtay Sadigzade was born on 21 February 1921 in Khizi. From 1935 to 1939, he studied at the Baku Art Technical College and attracted the attention of art critics with his early works. In 1941, as a member of a repressed family, Ogtay Sadygzade was exiled, but despite the difficult conditions he found himself in, he continued his creativity.

After returning to Baku in 1946, he began to engage in book graphics and achieved success in this field. To continue his education, he entered the Moscow Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts and graduated in 1956 with a degree in graphics.

The works of the artist were given a special place in the design of the Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature, the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan, the house museums of Uzeyir Hajibeyli, Huseyn Javid, Samad Vurgun and Bulbul.

The artist's works are exhibited in the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, as well as in the Tretyakov Gallery, and are kept in private collections in the United States, Germany, Canada, Israel, and other countries.

Sadigzade died on 20 December 2014 in Baku.

Awards

 * Medal "For Distinguished Labour" — 9 June 1959
 * Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR — 5 December 1977
 * People's Artist of Azerbaijan — 4 March 1992
 * Shohrat Order — 27 February 1999
 * Personal pension of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan — June 11, 2002
 * Sharaf Order — February 24, 2011
 * State Award of the Republic of Azerbaijan — May 26, 2014