Figures of Plovdiv

Figures of Plovdiv

Stanislav Dospevski (1823 -1878)

Stanislav Dospevski (1823 -1878)

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Stanislav Dospevski was the firstborn of Dimiter Zograph's sons. He studied in Plovdiv and helped his father paint the Plovdiv Old Town church of "St. Nedelya".

He further studied studied at the Moscow Art School and graduated from the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He was influenced by the Russian school. One of the first masters of secular portraits in Bulgaria, he applied the techniques of that art to icon-painting, applying oil for the finishing touches of the faces over the traditional tempera. This is the reason why his figures have volume, the form is crisp but the beautiful rosy faces lack the expressiveness of the austere classical icon.

Stanislav Dospevski painted icons in the Lopoushna Monastery, Pazardjik region, in Novo Selo near Shtip, in Sevlievo, in the monasteries of Preobrazhenie and Batkoun, in St. Nedelya Church in Sofia (to the order of Ivan Denkooglu), and in the Lovetch church of St. Nedelya - to the order of the Bishop of Lovech Dionisius.

Following the April Uprising he was sent to the prison of Constantinople, where he died in 1877.

Boris Christoff  (1914 – 1993)
Boris Christoff (1914 – 1993)
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Boris Christoff (May 18, 1914, Plovdiv, Bulgaria - June 28, 1993, Rome, Italy) was a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.Christoff demonstrated early his s...
Ivan Bogorov, Dr (1818 - 1892)
Ivan Bogorov, Dr (1818 - 1892)
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One of the most eminent encyclopedians of the Bulgarian Revival period - a doctor of medicine by education, he was also very much concerned by business matters, economics, geography, industry, tran...
Kamen Vichev, Father (1893 - 1952)
Kamen Vichev, Father (1893 - 1952)
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Kamen Vichev was born in the village of Srem, Bourgas region, on May 23rd, 1893. He started his theological education in 1912 in Belgium, where he studied until 1918. After recieving his PhD in The...
George Danchov - Zografina
George Danchov - Zografina
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Stoyo Shishkov (1865 - 1937)
Stoyo Shishkov (1865 - 1937)
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Stoyo Shishkov was born in 1865 in the village of Ustovo near the town of Smolyan. He was a pedagogue, man of letters, ethnographer. Lived in Plovdiv since 1904 as a teacher. He was the <...
Mario Hossen - the Bulgarian &quot;Paganini&quot;  was born in Plovdiv
The following info on this talented young violinist is courtesy of Festival Music Alp webs...
Boris Dimovski  (1925-2007)
Boris Dimovski (1925-2007)
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Boris Dimovski is one of the greatest contemporary Bulgarian artists. Beside being a world-famous caricature artist, he is also a much respected master of water-color paitings, oil paintings, impre...
Radoslav Nikolov - Gianni (born 1954)
The First Bulgarian in The Guinness Book of Records. 53-year-old Radoslav Nikolov (known as Gianni) is the best BG football juggler. He managed to juggle his football on the 20-cm-wide balus...
George Ganchev (born 1939)
George Ganchev (born 1939)
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George Ganchev (whose real name was Georgi Petroushev) was born on August 29, 1939, in Plovdiv. In the early 1960s he emigrated from Bulgaria. He graduated from the British Fencing Academy (he was ...
ASEN HRISTOFOROV (1910 - 1970)
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ASEN HRISTOFOROV – an economist and writer, born on December 16, 1910 in Plovdiv. He studied Economics in London, where he graduated in 1934. He was among the founders of the Statistics Insti...