President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to People’s Artist Farhad Khalilov on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
elchi reports that the letter reads:
“Dear Farhad Khalilov!
I sincerely congratulate you – a prominent representative of modern Azerbaijani art – on your 80th birthday.
You are among the artists who have made special contributions to the development of Azerbaijani culture. As a master brush artist, your paintings and graphic works created in various genres and themes are distinguished by their color diversity, compositional solutions, aesthetic perfection, and ideological and artistic value. Your paintings, reflecting the enchanting nature of our homeland, especially the Absheron landscapes, are valuable works of art that enrich the national painting heritage.
With your works exhibited in exhibitions, museums, and galleries organized in our country and abroad, you have always worthily represented Azerbaijani painting culture and have been recognized as an artist with an innovative spirit and, at the same time, a talented artist loyal to the centuries-old traditions of our national visual art.
Your organizational skills as the Chairman of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan and your long-term, commendable, and fruitful activity in the formation of the new generation of artists have been highly appreciated.
I believe that you will continue to delight your art admirers with new works and will spare no effort for the development of our national culture.
I wish you good health, happiness, and creative success.”