"Andrew Rogers, Charles Ross, Alan Sonfist, and James Turrell. Turrell began work in 1972 on possibly the largest piece of land art thus far, reshaping the earth surrounding the extinct Roden Crater volcano in Arizona. Perhaps the most prominent non-American land artists are the British Chris Drury, Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Long and the Australian Andrew Rogers. In 1973 Jacek Tylicki begins to lay out blank canvases or paper sheets in the natural environment for the nature to create art. Some projects by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude (who are famous for wrapping monuments, buildings and landscapes in fabric) have also"
"to reemerge. Zahari Zograf was a pioneer of the visual arts in the pre-Liberation era. After the Liberation, Ivan Mrkvička, Anton Mitov, Vladimir Dimitrov, Tsanko Lavrenov and Zlatyu Boyadzhiev introduced newer styles and substance, depicting scenery from Bulgarian villages, old towns and historical subjects. Christo is the most famous Bulgarian artist of the 21st century, known for his outdoor installations. Folk music is by far the most extensive traditional art and has slowly developed throughout the ages as a fusion of Far Eastern, Oriental, medieval Eastern Orthodox and standard Western European tonalities and modes. Bulgarian folk music has a distinctive"
"Dimitre Mehandjiysky Dimitre Manassiev Mehandjiysky () (8 October 1915 – 17 October 1999), is a Bulgarian painter and designer. He is considered one of the pillars of the 20th century Bulgarian environmental (interior, exterior and furniture) design. In addition, he is known as a masterful watercolor painter. Mehandjiyski is awarded with over 20 state honors, in recognition for his talent and achievement. In addition, his name was added to the prestigious Bulgarian Encyclopaedia of Design and Applied Art (Енциклопедия на Българските Приложни Изкуства, Том 2: М-Я). Dimitre Mehandjiysky was born in Bosilegrad, a city with a mostly Bulgarian population that"
"makes fashion accessories for Hej Salvador, a music-fashion performance (directed by Matjaž Pograjc, produced by Glej theatre), Ljubljana, Slovenia Matej Andraž Vogrinčič Matej Andraz Vogrinčič (born October 12, 1970) is a Slovenian artist. He has been creating site-specific work in urban and natural environments since the early 1990s. He has built an international reputation by creating installations specific to local places, traditions, and histories – filling the most ordinary or neglected places with even more ordinary objects. With all his work, Vogrinčič starts with the space but always leaves room to alter and develop the idea in the process. His"
"museum in Plovdiv. Zlatyu Boyadzhiev Zlatyu Georgiev Boyadzhiev () (October 22, 1903 – February 2, 1976) was a Bulgarian painter. He is known for his portraits and landscapes, depicting mainly the Old Town of Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city, and village life in the region. Born in the village of Brezovo, Boyadzhiev graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia in 1932. His work is generally divided into two main periods: until 1951, when he suffered a stroke and temporarily gave up painting, and from the time of his partial recovery a few years later until his"
"Matej Andraž Vogrinčič Matej Andraz Vogrinčič (born October 12, 1970) is a Slovenian artist. He has been creating site-specific work in urban and natural environments since the early 1990s. He has built an international reputation by creating installations specific to local places, traditions, and histories – filling the most ordinary or neglected places with even more ordinary objects. With all his work, Vogrinčič starts with the space but always leaves room to alter and develop the idea in the process. His projects rely on a direct connection with the local community, including clothing and toy car donations. Vogrinčič first “dressed”"
"Zahari Zograf Zahariy Hristovich Dimitrov () (1810–1853), better known as Zahari Zograf (or Zahariy Zograf; Захари(й) Зограф) 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 elements in his work. Zahari Zograf was born in the town of Samokov in 1810 and was taught by his brother Dimitar Zograf, with whom he later worked together, as his father died early. A spiritual student of Neophyte of Rila since 1827, he became"
"for the painter. Vladimir Dimitrov Vladimir Dimitrov — Maystora () (1 February 1882 – 29 September 1960), 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. His portraits and compositions have expressive and vivid color, idealistic quality of the image, profound symbolic strength and originality. The main topic which he explores is the relation between Man and Nature. Although he does not consider himself religious, he regards Nature as governed by a supreme spirit; he shares"
"has enjoyed presence in galleries and private collections in Bulgaria and abroad. Dionisii Donchev Dionisii Donchev () (born April 9, 1935) is one of the prominent Bulgarian fine artists. Honorary citizen of his home town of Pleven, Bulgaria, where he still lives and works. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia in professor Ilia Petrov's class. He took active part in the creation of the famous epic art project in his home town of Pleven - 'Parorama' in 1977. He has accumulated more than half a century of experience in the creation of portraits, landscapes, compositions, nudes"
"János Hajnal János “Giovanni” Hajnal (Budapest, 27 August 1913 – Rome, 9 October 2010) was a Hungarian naturalized Italian artist and illustrator, he is considered one of the major contemporary creator of glass walls and mosaics. Hungarian born, Hajnal graduated from the Art Academy in Budapest; he then attended art academies in Frankfurt, Stockholm and Rome.[1] He started his artistic profession as book illustrator which he continued to pursue throughout his career. Hajnal visited Italy for the first time in 1931 when he walked from Budapest to Florence in order to admire Italian art.[1] He relocated permanently in Rome in"
"Zlatyu Boyadzhiev Zlatyu Georgiev Boyadzhiev () (October 22, 1903 – February 2, 1976) was a Bulgarian painter. He is known for his portraits and landscapes, depicting mainly the Old Town of Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city, and village life in the region. Born in the village of Brezovo, Boyadzhiev graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia in 1932. His work is generally divided into two main periods: until 1951, when he suffered a stroke and temporarily gave up painting, and from the time of his partial recovery a few years later until his death in 1976."
"is head organizer of Byala Open Air Art Show and Urgup-Capadocia Art Trip. Daniel Jordanov Daniel Jordanov () is a Bulgarian painter born in 1971 in Burgas, Bulgaria. Jordanov was born in 1971 in Burgas, Bulgaria on the Black Sea coast. He graduated from the Art School in Burgas and later, in 1994, from the Veliko Tarnovo University ""Sts. Cyril and Methodius"", speciality Art of Graphics. Since 1991, he has been participating in many national and international group exhibitions and twelve one-man shows. His artworks are a possession of collections in Bulgaria, England, USA, Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Italy, Austria,"
"unusual surface textures and space. Since the 1970s, Buić, together with Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz, is credited with pioneering innovative textile forms in contemporary arts. In the 1980s she started using metals in her sculptures and installations, and in the 2000s she turned to using collages of assorted materials, including paper, cardboard, wool, etc. Buić won numerous awards for her work, including the Grand Prize at the São Paulo Art Biennial, the Herder Prize (1976), and the Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement (2014). Jagoda Buić Jagoda Buić (born 14 March 1930) is an acclaimed Croatian visual artist best known"
"Ross Rossin Ross R Rossin (born Rossen Raytchev Raykov) is a Bulgarian-American artist known for his large-scale, realist portraits of modern and historical figures. Born on March 23, 1964 in Russe, Bulgaria, located near the Danube River. Russe’s beautiful Baroque architecture, strong influence from Vienna, and traditional appreciation of culture strongly influenced his appreciation of beauty and style. At twelve years old, Rossin was introduced to oil-painting techniques in local master’s studios. In 1978, Rossin was accepted in the prestigious National High School of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, where for five years he was instructed in classical drawing, painting,"
"Angel Metodiev Angel Metodiev (""Angel Metodiev Angelov"", Bulgarian: Ангел Методиев Ангелов) (16 March 1921- 29 April 1984) was a Bulgarian fine art painter (Classical Realism) and teacher. He was particularly famous for his portraits, nudes and landscapes. Angel Metodiev was born in Kirkovo, now a part of Veliki Preslav (near Varna), the oldest capital of Bulgaria, and started his career at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia where he studied with Professor Boris Mitov and graduated summa cum laude (with the highest honors). He was invited and became assistant professor of Professor Panaiot Panaiotov. Later he worked with Professor"
"Victoria Angelova Victoria Angelova Vinarova (sometimes written Viktoria Angelova, , 1902–1947) was one of the first female architects of Bulgaria. She is credited with having built the first modern, national art gallery in the Balkans. Victoria Angelova was born on 20 November 1902 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria to Vasil Angelov, a merchant who had been educated in England. He named his daughter after Queen Victoria in homage. She graduated from the Vienna University of Technology and the Dresden Polytechnic in 1924, seven years after Maria Luisa Doseva-Georgieva earned her license. At the age of 24, she returned to Sofia and"
"as controversial during the time. Zahari Zograf lived and worked on Mount Athos between 1851 and 1852, where he decorated the outer narthex of the Great Lavra. He also did several church donor portraits in his later years, also leaving a large number of unrealized sketches after his death from typhus on 14 June 1853. Zahari Zograf Zahariy Hristovich Dimitrov () (1810–1853), better known as Zahari Zograf (or Zahariy Zograf; Захари(й) Зограф) 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"
"to figural art, with a preference in psychologically analytic portraits and women nudes. At the beginning of his career, he was influenced by the tradition of Slovene expressionism (especially the works of France Kralj), but gradually turned to his own modernist style, in which he played with the volume of sculpture. He also produced some aquarels, graphics and illustrations. His most famous sculptures are the monuments to Julius Kugy in the Trenta Valley (in Bovec municipality), to Ivan Tavčar at his mansion in Visoko and the monument entitled ""War and Peace"" in Celje. He was also a renowned book illustrator."
"a private art school in Vienna. Tsanko Lavrenov Tsanko Lavrenov () was a Bulgarian 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 Symbolism and the Secession, Lavrenov is best known for his cityscapes of the old town of Plovdiv as well as his monasteries cycle. 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. Lavrenov graduated at the French college in"
"Tripoli Park, Nicosia, SALAD BOWL in Tampere, Finland and in Paphos, Cyprus, ART OF DENIAL in Paphos. He is a member of ULUS, ""Serbian Association of Fine Arts"", since 1985 and E.KA.TE, ""Cyprus Chambers of Fine Arts"", since 1995. Saša M.Savić Saša M.Savić (; ; born 16 May 1956) is a Serbian artist best known for his fresco paintings, Byzantine icons, portraits, contemporary paintings, metal installations, objects made out of found materials and trash and Nature art installations. Sasha Savic was born in Zemun, city of Belgrade, Serbia, as a single child of Milorad Savic and Draginja née Jankovic. Father"
"Dionisii Donchev Dionisii Donchev () (born April 9, 1935) is one of the prominent Bulgarian fine artists. Honorary citizen of his home town of Pleven, Bulgaria, where he still lives and works. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia in professor Ilia Petrov's class. He took active part in the creation of the famous epic art project in his home town of Pleven - 'Parorama' in 1977. He has accumulated more than half a century of experience in the creation of portraits, landscapes, compositions, nudes and still life. His favorite medium is oil on canvas. His artwork"
"encapsulate beads, buttons, hemp ropes, nuts, glass, pebbles. In 1989 she received the Sofia Award. Lika Yanko died on June 22, 2001 in Sofia at the age of 73. Lika Yanko Lika Yanko (Лика_Янко) (March 19, 1928 – June 22, 2001) was a Bulgarian artist, daughter of immigrants from Albania. Lika Yanko was born in Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, in 1928. She studied at the French College in Sofia, where she was exposed to artists as Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, who influenced her art. In 1946 she joined the National Academy of Arts with painting in the classes"
"Belgrade. The building is projected by the architect Matija Bleh, but it is better known for its façade ornamentation, which can be divided into the façade plastics and sculptures. Ornamental plastic was done by the Czech sculptor while Serbian scultpor of Italian origin Giuseppe Pino Grassi carved the sculptures in artificial stone. Decorative elements include figures of Atlases with Earth on their shoulders, male heads with ""šajkača"" caps, female heades with bandanas, half-figures of lions, etc. After World War II, the building was occupied by the state-owned trade company Jugoexport. Jugoexport went bankrupt in 2001 and state tried to sell"
"to Plovdiv in 1892 to take part in a special exhibition in the Plovdiv Fair main pavilion. He there presented 15 paintings, including ""Street in Plovdiv"", and a sculpture called ""Bulgaria — Patroness of Agriculture and Crafts"". He was also the author of the exhibition's official poster. The painter's most significant achievements are in the everyday life genre, although he also worked in the historic painting sphere and is the author of many high-quality portraits. One of the creators of the then-coat of arms of Bulgaria and the coat of arms of Sofia, he became a Bulgarian Academy of Sciences"
"Saša M.Savić Saša M.Savić (; ; born 16 May 1956) is a Serbian artist best known for his fresco paintings, Byzantine icons, portraits, contemporary paintings, metal installations, objects made out of found materials and trash and Nature art installations. Sasha Savic was born in Zemun, city of Belgrade, Serbia, as a single child of Milorad Savic and Draginja née Jankovic. Father was a Civil engineer and mother worked as a Medical laboratory analyst. Savic spent his childhood in New Belgrade, where he finished elementary school and Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium. He also completed an advanced English language course at ""The Institute"
"the city of Veliki Preslav to be exhibited there. For this gesture, Mrs. Metodieva was honored with the ""Order Of Saint Cyril And Saint Methodius"" - 1st Class. Most of the paintings of Angel Metodiev are now in the art gallery of Veliki Preslav. They can be seen also at the national galleries in Varna, Blagoevgrad and Shumen, Bulgaria. Angel Metodiev Angel Metodiev (""Angel Metodiev Angelov"", Bulgarian: Ангел Методиев Ангелов) (16 March 1921- 29 April 1984) was a Bulgarian fine art painter (Classical Realism) and teacher. He was particularly famous for his portraits, nudes and landscapes. Angel Metodiev was born"
"art historian Enrico Crispolti considers him the greatest of all interwar artists. Nikolay Diulgheroff Nikolay Diulgheroff (, ""Nikolay Dyulgerov""; 20 December 1901 – 9 June 1982) was a Bulgarian artist, designer and architect who was active in Italy as a prominent representative of interwar Italian Futurism (""il secondo Futurismo""). Diulgheroff was born in Kyustendil, a town in the western part of the Principality of Bulgaria, to a printer father. In 1920 and 1921, he studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. The following year he studied in Dresden, Germany, and in 1923 he enrolled at the original"
"Ivan Vukadinov Ivan Vukadinov (; born 19 March 1932) is a Bulgarian painter. Considered “one of the greatest of Bulgarian artists,” he is a featured as one of the 25 artists since the nineteenth century selected for the definitive monograph series published by the National Endowment of the Arts. Vukadinov has resurrected a specific encaustic technique used in ancient Egypt for making Fayyum mummy portraits and is renowned for his clean emblematic shapes and minimalist compositions with contemplative references to Etruscan, Egyptian, Thracian, Greek and Roman art. Vukadinov originally trained in plein-air landscapes and still-lifes, but his style soon style"
"Hristo Simeonov Hristo Simeonov (Bulgarian: Христо Симеонов) (born May 14, 1935) is a Bulgarian artist known for his implementation and experimentation with pario-realism. Pario-realism being the expression of unachievable states and modes of consciousness and physical reality through the visualization of common elements, meaning the use of known elements of thought and perception to which all are familiar, however used to construct the image of an impossible, otherwise unthinkable reality. In the spring of 1950, in a small shop at 25 Fritjof Nansen Street, Sofia, his father covered the walls with numerous watercolours, made by Hristo in the environs of"
"the newly established state. Notable later works are ""Bay Ganyo"" by Aleko Konstantinov, the Nietzschean poetry of Pencho Slaveykov, the Symbolist poetry of Peyo Yavorov and Dimcho Debelyanov, the Marxist-inspired works of Geo Milev and Nikola Vaptsarov, and the Socialist realism novels of Dimitar Dimov and Dimitar Talev. Tzvetan Todorov is a notable contemporary author, while Bulgarian-born Elias Canetti was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981. А religious visual arts heritage includes frescoes, murals and icons, many produced by the medieval Tarnovo Artistic School. Like literature, it was not until the National Revival when Bulgarian visual arts began"
"Nikola Arsenović Nikola Arsenović (, , 1823 – July 18, 1887) is a Serb designer and illustrated folk costumes of what would later become Yugoslavia; being posthumously dubbed a ""Yugoslav ethnographer"". A tailor by profession, he started illustrating peasant clothing while traveling the lands after having left his family and shop due to unknown reasons. The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade acquired most of his work, the rest having been bought by various painters. He was born in Retfala, near Osijek, in 1823, the area being part of the Kingdom of Slavonia of the Austrian Empire (now part of Croatia). He"
"of works of leading Bulgarian engravers such as Ilia Beshkov, Vladimir Dimitrov and Sidoniya Atanasova, but also famous Western European artists like Pablo Picasso, Francisco Goya, Honoré Daumier, Marc Chagall, Maurice Denis, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Salvador Dalí, Renato Guttuso and Eugène Delacroix, as well as small sculptures of Auguste Rodin and Edgar Degas. Svetlin Rusev Donative Exhibition The Svetlin Rusev Donative Exhibition (, ""Izlozhba-darenie „Svetlin Rusev“"") is a permanent art exhibition in Pleven, Bulgaria, including over 400 works of Bulgarian and foreign art donated by the noted Bulgarian artist and collector Svetlin Rusev. The exhibition occupies the three-storey historic building of"
"Stefan Kanchev Stefan Kirov Kanchev ( ; 6 August 1915 – 22 August 2001) was a Bulgarian graphic artist best known for his logo design work. Referred to as the ""father of Bulgarian graphic design"" and the ""master of the trademark"", Kanchev authored around 1,600 logos, including logos for the National Palace of Culture, National Art Gallery, National Opera and Ballet, Bulgarian National Television, Union of Bulgarian Artists, TZUM, International Fair Plovdiv, and Petrol AD. Kanchev was born 6 August 1915 in Kalofer, a town in the sub-Balkan valleys of south central Bulgaria (then the Kingdom of Bulgaria). The son"