# Altay Saidov

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**Altay Aghasaid oghlu Saidov** (Azerbaijani: *Altay Ağasəid oğlu Səidov*, July 11, 1926 – September 10, 2015) was an Azerbaijani [scenic painter](/source/Scenic_painter).

## Biography

Altay Saidov was born on July 11, 1926, in [Baku](/source/Baku). In 1943–1946, he studied at the [Azim Azimzade Azerbaijan State Art School](/source/Azim_Azimzade_Azerbaijan_State_Art_School), and in 1948–1953 at the [Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture](/source/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](/source/Azerbaijan_State_Theatre_of_Young_Spectators), and from 1967, he worked as a chief artist in this collective.[1] He also provided stage design for performances at the [Azerbaijan State Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy](/source/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Theatre_of_Musical_Comedy) by invitation.[2]

Saidov died on September 10, 2015.[2]

## Awards

- [Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR](/source/Lenin_Komsomol_Prize) — 1967
- [Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR](/source/Honored_Artist_of_the_Azerbaijan_SSR) — February 9, 1979
- Individual scholarship of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan — April 1, 2005[3]

## References

1. Rəhimli 2016, pp. 46–47

1. AMT 2019, p. 278

1. ["Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin fərdi təqaüdlərinin verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respubli̇kası Prezi̇denti̇ni̇n Sərəncamı"](http://e-qanun.az/framework/9530). *e-qanun.az*. April 1, 2005. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210824122148/http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/9530) August 24, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 29, 2020.

## Sources

- İlham Rəhimli (2016). *Azərbaycan Teatr Ensiklopediyası (3 cilddə). 1-ci cild.*. Bakı: [Azərnəşr](/source/Azernashr). pp. 428 səh.
- *"Azərbaycanın mədəniyyət təqvimi" (Elektron kataloq)*. Bakı: [Azərbaycan Respublikası Mədəniyyət Nazirliyi](/source/Ministry_of_Culture_(Azerbaijan)). 2019. pp. 510 səh.

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