Dimitar Avramovski–Pandilov ( mk, Димитар Аврамовски-Пандилов) (aka ''Dimitar Pandilov''; 1 March 1898, in

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– 26 July 1963) is considered the first impressionist painter, the founder of modern Macedonian art. He died at the

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in 1963.

Education and career

Born in Tresonče, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, he finished his studies in

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. From 1928 to 1943 he lived in the village of

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, working as an art teacher. After the occupation of Yugoslav Macedonia from Bulgaria during WWII, he returned to his homeland. Pandilov cooperates with the Bulgarian authorities and was a mayor of the village of

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and then of Kukurečani.Списък на кметовете на градските и селски общини в присъединените към Царството земи през 1941-1944 година= (ЦДА 371к, оп.2) After the War he became a teacher at the Skopje high school "Josip Broz Tito". He was one of the founders of the Association of the painters of Macedonia.

Painting style

The style of his soft, warm and lyrical palette fluctuates between poetic realism and neo-impressionism. His paintings include scenes from traditional life, landscapes, urban panoramas, still lifes, portraits and nudes. He was the first Macedonian painter with an academic degree who departed from the fresco-painting tradition.

Accomplishments

He was the first Macedonian impressionists whose exhibition in 1926, chronologically, begins modern art in North Macedonia. As an artist and pedagogue he made a considerable contribution in the formation of many generations of young artists.

References

External links

Museum of Contemporary Art - Dimitar Avramovski-Pandilov
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avramovski-Pandilov, Dimitar 1898 births 1963 deaths People from Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality People from Manastir vilayet Macedonian artists 20th-century Macedonian painters