Vangel Kodžoman ( mk, Вангел Коџоман) (1904,

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– 1994) was a

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painter.

Education and career

Vangel Kodžoman was born in 1904 in

, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia). In 1924, he received his high school certificate in Ohrid and then graduated from the Art School in Belgrade in 1928. From 1929 to 1936, he participated in the spring exhibitions of the Belgrade painters, and he took part in the exhibition of the independent painters of Belgrade in 1937. In 1938–45, he taught in the Seventh Boys High School in Belgrade. From 1952 to 1962, he taught painting, methodology and art education at the Teachers College in Skopje. In 1953 Kodzoman, Lazar Licenoski and

Nikola Martinoski Nikola Martinoski (18 August 1903 – 7 February 1973), sometimes spelled Martinovski ( mk, Никола Мартиноски), was a Yugoslav Aromanian painter. He is considered as a founder of contemporary Macedonian art. Martinoski is best ...

represented Macedonian art in the Modern Gallery in Zagreb at the grand exhibition "Half a century of Yugoslav painting 1900-1950" . In 1974 in Struga, he opened a permanent exhibition in the memorial home of Vangel Kodzoman. The exhibit consisted of 30 oil paintings and water colours.

Style of Painting

His paintings were created in number of different techniques: oil, aquarelle, water colors and drawings. Struga in the past and Struga of today subjects were his thematic interest and inspiration.

Accomplishments

He was one of the founders of the Association of the Painting Artists of Macedonia (DLUM). In 1974,he opened a thematic exhibition “Struga in the Past” in Struga. He received the highest Macedonian award “11 October” twice.

References

External links

Struga Culture - Vangel Kodzoman
1904 births 1994 deaths People from Struga People from Manastir vilayet Macedonian artists 20th-century Macedonian painters {{NorthMacedonia-painter-stub