Mirza Gadim Iravani Artist
Mirza Gadim Iravani, (Azerbaijani: Mirzə Qədim Məmməd-Hüseyn oğlu İrəvani , 1825, Erivan — 1875, Erivan) was an Azerbaijani ornamentalist artist and portraitist, founder of Azerbaijani panel painting, whose works greatly influenced Azerbaijani visual art of the modern period.Iravani is famed both for his pictures-stencils for embroidery, mural paintings, jewelry, lacquer paintings and glass paintings. His most famous works are portraits Sitting Woman, Young man, Fath Ali Shah" and four big portraits painted in oil, in the 1850s, on the walls of the Palace of Erivan sardars.
