Togrul Narimanbekov

Togrul Farman oglu Narimanbekov (Azerbaijani: Toğrul Fərman oğlu Nərimanbəyov, Russian: Тогрул Нариманбеков; August 7, 1930 – June 2, 2013) was one of the prominent modern Azerbaijani artists. Narimbanbeyov was born in Baku. His father, Farman Narimanbeyov, studied in Toulouse; in 1929 he came back to Baku and participated in the construction of Mingechevir Hydro Power Plant, but in the 1930s was sentenced to imprisonment. His wife Irma, a Frenchwoman, was exiled to Uzbekistan and stayed there till 1961. Toghrul Narimanbeyov studied at Azerbaijan Art School named after Azim Azimzade, then, from 1950 to 1955, at Lithuania Institute of Fine Arts.