Altay Saidov

Altay Aghasaid oghlu Saidov was an Azerbaijani scenic painter.

Biography

Altay Saidov was born on July 11, 1926, in Baku. In 1943-1946, he studied at the Azim Azimzade Azerbaijan State Art School, and in 1948–1953 at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
On October 29, 1953, he was hired as a set designer at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators, and from 1967, he worked as a chief artist in this collective. He also provided stage design for performances at the Azerbaijan State Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy by invitation.
Saidov died on September 10, 2015.

Awards

Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR — 1967
Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — February 9, 1979
Individual scholarship of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan — April 1, 2005