Ahsan Sarimovich Fathutdinov

Ahsan Sarimovich Fathutdinov was a painter, monumental artist, and sculptor. He was born on June 7, 1939, in the village of Vagapovka, Cheremshansky District. He graduated from the art and graphic department of the Nizhny Tagil Pedagogical College in 1966 and for a time taught painting there. In 1969 he moved to Nizhnekamsk, where he worked at the Tatar Art Fund until 2000. He realized himself in various fields of art: working as an artist-designer and monumental artist.

Among Fathutdinov's best-known works are decorative wooden panels: "Kül" ("Lake", 1973), "Shurale" (1974, Kindergarten No. 21, Nizhnekamsk) and "Forest Tale" (1975, Begishevo Airport). For a series of works based on the Bulgar‑Tatar epic "Iyalär" ("Amulets"), consisting of more than 50 pieces, he received the State Prize named after Gabdulla Tukay in 1993. His achievements were recognized with high honors: the title Honored Art Worker of the TASSR (1987), the title People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2001), and the Republic of Tatarstan Medal "For Valiant Labor" (2006). Ahsan Sarimovich Fathutdinov passed away on July 15, 2012. In 2016 a museum dedicated to his life and work opened on the embankment of the Kama River.