George Stoyanov Yanakiev (May 6, 1941 – March 1, 2018) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

n artist, one of the main representatives of the Bulgarian graphics, illustration and

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

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 Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

with graphics. In 1970 he graduated with honors and was awarded the honor by the then first secretary of the BCP

Todor Zhivkov Todor Hristov Zhivkov ( bg, Тодор Христов Живков ; 7 September 1911 – 5 August 1998) was a Bulgarian communist statesman who served as the ''de facto'' leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1954 until 1989 ...

. In 1971 he was assigned to

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Sliven Sliven ( bg, Сливен ) is the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. Sliven is famous for its heroic Haiduts who fought against the Ottoman Turk ...

, 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

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"Dimitar Dobrovich" in

. 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",

* 2012 – Exhibition pastel, Gallery "Bogoridi"

Burgas Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a pop ...

* 2013 – Solo Exhibition, Gallery "May",

Biography

individual exhibitions

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