The next edition of Azerbaijan Television's "People of 100 Years" program is dedicated to the life and creativity of world-renowned People's Artist of Azerbaijan Toghrul Narimanbayov.
The crew of the program has visited the painter's second Motherland France and had a conversation with his daughter Asmar Narimanbayova.
The turning point in Toghrul Narimanbayov's creative activity was his meeting with the French Minister.
The event happened after Narimanbayov's exhibition in Moscow. Then French Minister of Culture, writer André Malraux was invited to the event as an honorable guest. While Malraux was familiarizing himself with the exhibition, he was standing in front of the painter's "Azerbaijani musicians" painting. The organizers gave the Minister information about the author of the painting, noted that his mother was French. Malraux immediately came to Baku and visited the painter's workshop. This event was met with great interest in the USSR. The French Minister met with Narimanbayov. Later, he wrote a broad review regarding the creative activity of the People's Artist. Afterwards, catalogues consisting of his works started being published in some European countries.
Asmar Narimanbayova has said that when her father went to France, he had already been famous: "My father had had medals, he had been awarded by the government. His exhibitions had been held throughout the world."
Interesting facts regarding Narimanbayov's life and creative activity were touched upon. It is declared on the program why he was buried one month after his death.
You can fully watch "The People of 100 Years" program on which the unknown moments related to Toghrul Narimanbayov, who became an Honorable Artist at the age of 30 and the People's Artist at the age of 33, are clarified on the official YouTube channel of AzTV.