worked in the style of
the artists of the 17th century , combining silvery tones of Velazquez, cold
pink flesh of Rubens and created powerful female portraits and nudes – with sophisticated
shades of greenish and bluish, working with sophisticated techniques so that
even today , 50 years after their creation, his paintings look as if they are still not dry. His paintings are almost impossible to reproduce.
Art
teacher (1928 - 1940) From 1940 lecturer , from 1957 to 1968 - professor of
painting at the Art Academy, Sofia , Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts
(1957-1962) and Rector (1965- 1968. The Art School in Sofia bears his name.
After
the communist takeover in September 1944, he took an active
part in the management of the Union of Bulgarian Artists and was its
Secretary-General (1949-1951 and 1957-1959) and participated in the work of
"Monument to the Soviet Army" in Sofia.
He
also did quite a few works of historical revolutionary themes : “Guerrillas in
action”, “Before the shooting ", " Partisan Song", " The
Messenger " but his true virtuosity seen in naked bodies , where he
remains one of Bulgaria’s greatest artists. A young student did this copy
of a famous self-portrait he did which hangs in the National Gallery here ….Shades of Lucian Freud!
Left a tremendous amount of paintings - portrait sketches, animals - some of which, as I can testify, are still to be displayed in public.
Left a tremendous amount of paintings - portrait sketches, animals - some of which, as I can testify, are still to be displayed in public.
It
was, in fact, the sketches that most interested me – and I emerged from the
meeting with his nephew, with about 10 of them as well as the painting!
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