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Bulgarian Artists
Nineteenth century *Zahari Zograf (1810–1853)church mural paintings and icons *Stanislav Dospevski (1823–1878)painter * Ivan Mrkvicka (1856–1938)genre composition * Jaroslav Vesin (1860–1915)genre composition Twentieth century * Vladimir Dimitrov - Maistora (1882–1960)painter *Pascin (Julius Mordecai Pincas) (1885–1935)expressionist * Sultana Suruzhon (1900–1960)modernist painting * Kyril Vassilev (1908–1987)portraits Twentieth century (post World War II) * Keratza Vissulceva (1911–2004)oil on canvas * Violeta Maslarova (1925–2006)painting * Daria Vassilyanska (1928-2017)painting * Christo Javacheff (1935-2020)installation art * Radi Nedelchev (born 1938)naive/folk art * Georgi Janakiev (1941-2018)graffics/painting *Ivan Minekov (born 1947)sculpture *Atanas Hranov (born 1961)painting, sculpture * Alexander Telalim (born 1966)painting, watercolor *Nadezhda Koutevapainting Twenty-first century * Svetlana Mircheva (born 1976)contemporary artist, media art *Bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahari Zograf
Zahariy Hristovich Dimitrov ( bg, Захарий Христович Димитров) (1810–1853), better known as Zahari Zograf (or Zahariy Zograf; Захари(й) Зограф) is a famous Bulgarian painter of the Bulgarian National Revival, noted for his church mural paintings and icons and often regarded as the founder of secular art in Bulgaria due to the introduction of everyday life elements in his work. Zahari Zograf was born in the town of Samokov in 1810 and was taught by his brother Dimitar Zograf, with whom he later worked together, as his father died early. A spiritual student of Neophyte of Rila since 1827, he became an equal partner of his brother at the age of 21 in 1831, i.e. he was proclaimed a master. His best known icons are those of the SS Constantine and Helen Church in Plovdiv, the Church of the Theotokos in Koprivshtitsa, as well as a number of monasteries. Zahari Zograf's best known frescoes are those in the main church of the Rila Monastery, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Janakiev (artist)
George Stoyanov Yanakiev (May 6, 1941 – March 1, 2018) was a Bulgarian artist, one of the main representatives of the Bulgarian graphics, illustration and painting. Biography Born on May 6, 1941, in Veselie, Bourgas District. His childhood and youth were bygoned in the Burgas region. In 1964 he was admitted to the National Academy of Sofia with graphics. In 1970 he graduated with honors and was awarded the honor by the then first secretary of the BCP Todor Zhivkov. In 1971 he was assigned to work in Sliven, where he works in Municipality of Sliven. There are as many solo exhibitions and participated in general, regional, district and group exhibitions. For many years he was professor of painting at the National Art School "Dimitar Dobrovich" in Sliven. He was a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists. In 2014 he received a severe ischemic stroke. He dies on March 1, 2018, from cancer. individual exhibitions * 2011 – Solo Exhibition, Gallery "May", Sliven * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Art
A number of ancient civilizations, including the Thracians, ancient Greeks, Scythians, Celts, ancient Romans, Goths (Ostrogoths and Visigoths), Slavs (East and West Slavs), Varangians and the Bulgars have left their mark on the culture, history and heritage of Bulgaria. Due to this great variety of influences, Bulgaria has adopted many unusual traditions. Thracian artifacts include numerous temples, tombs, golden treasures and ancient rites and rituals, while the Bulgars have left traces of their heritage in statehood, early architecture, music and dances. Thracian rituals such as the Tryphon Zarezan which is dedicated to Saint Tryphon of Campsada, Kukeri and Martenitsa are to this day kept alive in the modern Bulgarian culture. The oldest treasure of worked gold in the world, dating back to the 5th millennium BC, comes from the site of the Varna Necropolis. Bulgaria functioned as a cultural hub of Slavic Europe during much of the Middle Ages, exerting considerable litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Genre
Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other forms of art or entertainment, whether written or spoken, audio or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria, yet genres can be aesthetic, rhetorical, communicative, or functional. Genres form by conventions that change over time as cultures invent new genres and discontinue the use of old ones. Often, works fit into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. Stand-alone texts, works, or pieces of communication may have individual styles, but genres are amalgams of these texts based on agreed-upon or socially inferred conventions. Some genres may have rigid, strictly adhered-to guidelines, while others may show great flexibility. Genre began as an absolute classification system for ancient Greek literature, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Process-Space Festival
Balchik ( bg, Балчик ; ro, Balcic) is a Black Sea coastal town and seaside resort in the Southern Dobruja area of northeastern Bulgaria. It is in Dobrich Province, 35 km southeast of Dobrich and 42 km northeast of Varna. It sprawls scenically along hilly terraces descending from the Dobruja plateau to the sea, and is often called "The White City" because of its white hills. Etymology Balchik is named after the medieval ruler Balik, brother of Dobrotitsa, after whom the city of Dobrich is named. History Founded as a Thracian settlement, it was later colonised by the Ionian ancient Greeks with the name Krounoi ( grc, Κρουνοί) (renamed as Dionysopolis ( grc, Διονυσόπολις), after the discovery of a statue of Dionysus in the sea). Later became a Greek-Byzantine and Bulgarian fortress. Under the Ottoman Empire, the town came to be known with its present name, which perhaps derived from a Gagauz word meaning "small town". Another opinion is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanko Tihov
Yanko Tihov ( bg, Янко Тихов) (born 1977, Burgas, Bulgaria) is a British and Bulgarian painter and printmaker. Biography ''Yanko Tihov'' attended the National Academy of Arts in Sofia from 1997 to 2001, before moving to London, UK. He won prizes at Royal Institute of Oil Painters ROI (2004, 2007), Runner up of the Discerning Eye Exhibition (2008), Printmaking Ex Libris Award in Argentina (2001). He has exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Tokyo Printing Triennial, The Iowa Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Miniature Prints and others. His work can be seen at private galleries and art fairs. Tihov's works include portraits and surreal urban images. His portrait of the Indian artist and Film Director M. F. Husain was featured in 2014 BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Tihov lived in Notting Hill, London, before relocati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boryana Rossa
Boryana Rossa (born 1972) is a Bulgarian interdisciplinary artist and curator making performance art, video and photographic work. Life and work Her artwork has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Fine Arts in Sofia, Goethe Institute, the Moscow Biennial, the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, Exit Art, Biennial for Electronic Art in Perth, and Foundation for Art and Creative Technologies in Liverpool. Rossa frequently collaborates with artist and filmmaker Oleg Mavromati, often under the title Ultrafuturo—an art collective started in 2004. She has been awarded the Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art, the Essential Reading for Art Writers Award from the Institute of Contemporary Art in Sofia, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in 2014 in Digital/Electronic Arts. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Transmedia at Syracuse University. Rossa identifies herself as a heterosexual woman with a queer identity. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Mircheva
Svetlana Mircheva ( Bulgarian: Светлана Мирчева) (born 1976) is a Bulgarian artist, who was nominated for a 2010 Baza Award by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia. In 2012, she displayed her artwork titled ''Images of the Word'' at the Un Cabinet D'Amateur art gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria. Life and work Svetlana Mircheva was born in Kazanlak, Bulgaria. She studied at National Academy of Arts The National Academy of Arts ( bg, Национална художествена академия) is an institution of higher education in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest and most renowned school of arts in the country. History The Nationa ... and completed her MA in industrial design, Multimedia class in 2000. Her solo exhibitions are ''Random show'' at Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, branch of Sofia City Gallery, Sofia (2011), ''Possible exhibitions'' at Nurture Art Gallery, New York (2012), ''103 Mistakes'' at Un Cabinet D'Amateur Gallery, Sofia (2012), ''Images o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadezhda Kouteva
Nadezhda Kouteva ( bg, Надежда Кутева) is a Bulgarian artist with over ten awards in her career. Born in Sofia, Kouteva graduated in Mural Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts “N. Pavlovich”, Sofia in 1971. Ten years later, Kouteva received a full scholarship at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design in Washington, D.C. Kouteva's first solo exhibition was in 1975 in Sofia. In the following years, Kouteva had over twenty exhibitions in different countries, including Cyprus, Vietnam, USA, Poland, Japan, Serbia, Macedonia, Slovakia, the Netherlands and Germany. Prizes Kouteva won her first award in Košice, Slovakia in 1977, the Prize of the Slovakian Artists' Fund. In 1978, she was awarded with the "Humour and Satire in the Arts" prize in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. In 1986, she received the notable Bulgarian prize "Zlatyu Boyadzhiev Zlatyu Georgiev Boyadzhiev (; 22 October 1903 – 2 February 1976) was a Bulgarian Painting, painter. He is known for his port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Telalim
Alexander Telalim (born 1966) is a Ukrainian and Bulgarian visual artist. He graduated from the Grekov Odesa Art School in Odesa, Ukraine, and then from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. He lives and works in Sofia. Telalim is one of the Bulgarian artists working predominantly in watercolour. He combines the natural fluidity of watercolour with the power of sharp lines, creating amazingly vivid and emotional works. His paintings harmonize visions of childhood with his philosophy. The conciseness of his medium highlights the depth and expressiveness of his watercolours in the heritage of Zen philosophy. He also works as a calligrapher and book illustrator. He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists and has had more than 60 solo exhibitions in Europe, the USA and Japan. Telalim's artworks can be found in numerous private collections in Europe and the US, as well as in public collections of the City Gallery of Izmail (Ukraine), the municipality of Saint Louis ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atanas Hranov
Atanas Hranov ( bg, Атанас Хранов) is a Bulgarian painter and sculptor. Life and career Atanas Hranov was born in Plovdiv on October 11, 1961. He studied at the National Arts School in Kotel (1980) and graduated from Prof. Anton Donchev's Woodcarving class at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia in 1987. Hranov's works range from sculpture to painting, often representing an organic fusion of genres. His preferred materials include wood, handmade paper, canvas, bronze, silver, and polymer coated metal structures. Hranov has held more than 60 solo exhibitions and taken part in numerous group initiatives and curatorial projects. He is involved in joint projects with poets Vesselin Sariev and Alexander Sekulov. Hranov lives and works in Plovdiv. Works of his are held at the National Art Gallery in Sofia, many other museums across Bulgaria, and private collections in Bulgaria and elsewhere. Atanas Hranov is an avid seafarer. Solo exhibitions # 1992 – Ata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Minekov
Ivan Minekov ( bg, Иван Минеков) is one of the most appreciated contemporary Bulgarian sculptors. He lives and works in Sofia. A graduate of the Academy for Fine Arts "Nicolae Grigorescu" in Bucharest, Romania (1970–1975), under Professor Paul Vasilescu's beneficial guidance, Ivan Minekov's striking talent quickly attracted the attention of the Bulgarian artistic society. In the early years of his career, Ivan Minekov participated in all common exhibitions in Bulgaria, as well as in representative exhibitions in Europe. In the period between 1975 and 1990 he completed a number of large monumental works in many Bulgarian cities, among which his native Pazardzhik, Burgas (1978), Rousse, Lovech, Dorkovo and others. In the same period he was included in the Encyclopedia of Bulgarian Fine Arts. The Bulgarian National Television produced a short film about his monumental work Levski (1987) and a documentary about the artist (1988), which is now included in BNT's golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
