Jamil Mufidzadeh

Jamil Miryusif oghlu Mufidzade (Azerbaijani: Cəmil Miryusif oğlu Müfidzadə, February 24, 1934 — December 20, 2019) was an Azerbaijani painter. He was the People's Artist of Azerbaijan (2002).

Jamil Mufidzade was born on February 24, 1934, in Ordubad. He studied at the Azim Azimzade Baku Art School in 1948–1955. Later, the artist graduated from Kyiv Secondary Art School in Ukraine in 1955–1956, and graphics faculty of Kharkiv State Art Institute in 1959–1962.

Jamil Mufidzade, who headed the graphics department at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, is the author of the textbook "Etching".

Individual exhibitions of the People's Artist were organized in Poland (1972), Azerbaijan (1977, 1985, 1986, 1994, 2006, 2009), Russia (1977), Iran (1992, 2003), France (1991) and Turkey (1998). Jamil Mufidzadeh's works are preserved in the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan State Art Gallery, the State Museum of Oriental Art, Gorky Museum, Museum Ludwig, Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum, private collections of France and other countries.

The artist died on December 20, 2019, in Baku.

• People's Artist of Azerbaijan — May 30, 2002
• Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — December 1, 1982