Tsanko Lavrenov ( bg, Цанко Лавренов) was a

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painter and art critic born in 1896, deceased in 1978. He is one of the most prominent, influential and distinctive Bulgarian artists of the 20th century. A modernist influenced by the

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and the

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,Loran gallery
/ref> Lavrenov is best known for his cityscapes of the old town of Plovdiv as well as his monasteries cycle.

Biography and career

Tsanko Ivanov Lavrenov was born on November 24, 1896 in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. His grandfather Lavrentiy was a bookman, copyist of catholic manuscripts.Tsanko Lavrenov biography at pravoslavieto.com
/ref> Lavrenov graduated at the French college in Plovdiv. In 1921-22, he enrolled at a private art school in

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Selected works

* The Old Plovdiv (1930) * Transfiguration Monastery * Kurshum han (1937) * The Church of St Sophia in Ohrid (1942) * Saint Pantaleon Church in Veles, Macedonia (1943) * Still life with flowers of the field (1944) * The Old Plovdiv -

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(1946) * The Old Plovdiv (1974–75)

Holy Mountain cycle

Zograf Monastery The Saint George the Zograf Monastery or Zograf Monastery ( bg, Зографски манастир; el, Μονή Ζωγράφου, ''Moní Zográphou'') is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos (the "Holy Mountain") i ...

(1936) * The main gate of

Vatopedi monastery The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi ( el, Βατοπέδι, ) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18th an ...

(1941) * General view of Helandariou monastery (1942) * The port of

(1958)

References

External links

Tsanko Lavrenov at pravoslavieto.com

Tsanko Lavrenov at bezramka.bg

Tsanko Lavrenov at Loran gallery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lavrenov, Tsanko Cityscape artists 1896 births 1978 deaths Artists from Plovdiv 20th-century Bulgarian painters 20th-century male artists Male painters