| People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR Azərbaycan SSR xalq rəssamı | |
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| Awarded for | Visual art, painting |
| Date | 2 August 1944[1] – 5 February 1991 |
| Formerly called | People's Artist of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
The People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan SSR xalq rəssamı, lit. 'People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR') was an honorary title awarded from 1944 to 1990, it was granted to artists of the Azerbaijan SSR for contribution to the development of Azerbaijani culture in the fields of visual art and painting. It was modeled after the People's Artist of the USSR.
This award was succeeded by the People's Artist of Azerbaijan title in 1990.