Konstantin Georgiev Shtarkelov ( bg, Константин Щъркелов; March 20, 1889 – April 29, 1961) 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 Macedon ...

painter 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 ...

. He was born in

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and died in

. Revealed the poetics of Bulgarian mountains: Mt Rila, Mt Vitosha, the

Rhodope Mountains The Rhodopes (; bg, Родопи, ; el, Ροδόπη, ''Rodopi''; tr, Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in ...

. Represented in the collection by a landscape entitled Birch.

Book information

Zhivotoopisanie by Konstantin Shturkelov
1889 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Bulgarian male artists Bulgarian realist painters Bulgarian watercolor painters 20th-century Bulgarian painters 20th-century male artists Bulgarian male painters {{Bulgaria-painter-stub