List of Bulgarian artists
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Nineteenth century
See also Art genre- Zahari ZografZahari ZografZahariy Hristovich Dimitrov , better known as Zahari Zograf is arguably the most famous Bulgarian painter of the Bulgarian National Revival, noted for his church mural paintings and icons and often regarded as the founder of secular art in Bulgaria due to the introduction of everyday life...
- Stanislav DospevskiStanislav DospevskiStanislav Dospevski is the name assumed by Zafir Zograf , the son of Dimitar Zograf and nephew of the famed Bulgarian icon and mural painter, Zahari Zograf. He is a notable representative of the Samokov artistic school and one of the most important painters and icon-painters of the Bulgarian...
- Ivan MrkvickaIvan MrkvickaIvan Mrkvička was a Czech-born painter and an active contributor to the artistic life of newly-liberated Bulgaria in the late 19th and early 20th century...
(1856-1938) Genre composition - Jaroslav VesinJaroslav VešínJaroslav František Julius Věšín was a Czech painter who mainly worked in Bulgaria and who was noted as a master of genre painting. The realistic depiction of battle scenes from the First Balkan War are the subject of a substantial part of his work.Věšín was born in the town of Vraný in what is...
(1860-1915) Genre composition - Ivan Steliovic Boulieris (1869-1955) Genre composition
Twentieth century
- PascinPascinJulius Mordecai Pincas, known as Pascin, Jules Pascin, or the "Prince of Montparnasse", was born in Bulgaria to parents of four ethnicities. During World War I, he worked in the United States. He is best known as a painter in Paris, where he was strongly identified with the Modernist movement and...
(Julius Mordecai Pincas) (1885-1935) Expressionist - Zlatyu Boyadjiev (1903-1976)
- Vladimir Dimitrov - MaistoraVladimir Dimitrov - MaistoraVladimir Dimitrov — Maystora , was a Bulgarian painter, draughtsman and teacher. He is considered one of the most talented 20th century Bulgarian painters and probably the most remarkable stylist in Bulgarian painting in the post-Russo-Turkish War era...
(1882-1960) - Zlatio Trifonov - Ikonopisec (1886-1951)
- Kyril VassilevKyril VassilevKyril Petrov Vassilev was a world-renowned portrait painter of royalty and American society during the mid-20th century...
(1908-1987) portraits, emigrated to United States
Twentieth century (Post World War II)
- Plamen Genov (still alive) Pastel portraits and pictures of animals
- Christo Javacheff (1935-2009) Installation art
- Andrey LekarskiAndrey LekarskiAndrey Lekarski is a French-Bulgarian painter and sculptor born in 1940 in Sofia , living in Paris.- Biography :Second son of general Krum Lekarski and Nadezhda Lekarska, born on December 2, 1940 in Sofia . From 1954 to 1959 he studied at the School of Visual Arts in Moscow. In 1962 he enrolled at...
(1940-) Painting/Sculpture - Ivan MinekovIvan MinekovBorn on January 28, 1947 in Pazardzhik, Ivan Minekov is one of the most appreciated contemporary Bulgarian sculptors.A graduate of the Academy for Fine Arts "Nicolae Grigorescu" in Bucharest, Romania , under Professor Paul Vasilescu's beneficial guidance, Ivan Minekov's striking talent quickly...
(1947-) Sculpture - Radi NedelchevRadi NedelchevRadi Nedelchev is a Bulgarian artist best known as a painter of naïve art. His paintings depict mostly landscapes, village life and festivals....
(1938-) Naive/folk art - KERATZA VissulcevaKeratza VissulcevaKeraca Visulčeva was a Macedonian and Bulgarian artist.-Makedonia denes 05/06 2003:According to UNESCO commissioner, exhibition curator and art critic Sonja Abadzieva, Keratza is “the first academic lady in the modern Macedonian painting, who rhythmically followed the Macedonian painting doyens,...
(1911-2004) Oil on canvas - Atanas Yaranov (1940-1988) Monumental Art / Painting
- Hristian - Hristosiy 1984 Painting / Printmaking