Abilkhan Kasteev

Self-portrait of Abylkhan Kasteyev on a Kazakhstani stamp, 2004.

Abilkhan Kasteev (Kazakh: Әбілхан Қастеев, Ábilhan Qasteev; 1904—1973) was a Kazakhstani painter. He was highly decorated, winning the National Artist of Kazakh SSR, and The Laureate of the Chokan Valikhanov State Premium of the Kazakh SSR. He was awarded the Order of October Revolution, and two Orders of Labour Red Flag.^[1]

Kasteev was born in a small village in and studied at the Nadezhda Krupskaya art studio in Almaty. He painted more than a thousand paintings in oil and water-colours. Some of his works are on display in the State Tretyakov Gallery, in the , in the in Moscow, and in the State Museum of Fine Arts of Kazakhstan (which was renamed after Kasteev), and in the other museums of the country.

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