Tsanko Lavrenov ( Bulgarian. Tsanko Lavrenov / Tsanko Lavrenov [1] ; November 24, 1896 , Plovdiv , Bulgaria - December 16, 1978 , Sofia , Bulgaria ) - Bulgarian artist, graphic artist . Lavrenov did not complete a long course in art education and was not well versed in such academic disciplines as perspective , anatomy , and color science . But he managed to find a unique way to convey the holistic image of "all of Bulgaria", depicting with complex feeling and attention to untold details complex monastic complexes, national holidays, panoramas of cities [2] .
| Tsanko Lavrenov | ||
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 Statue of Tsanko Lavrenov in Plovdiv | ||
| Date of Birth | November 24, 1896 | |
| Place of Birth | Plovdiv | |
| Date of death | December 16, 1978 (82 years) | |
| Place of death | Sofia , Bulgaria | |
| Citizenship |  Ottoman Empire →  NRB | |
| Genre | painter painter schedule art critic | |
| Study | School of Art, Vienna ( 1921 - 1922 ) | |
| Style | expressionism , primitivism | |
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| Ranks | People's Artist ( 1963 ) Hero of Socialist Labor (NRB) ( 1969 ) | |
He also acted as an art historian and art researcher, and was also engaged in art criticism. Author of several monographs on artists.
Life and creativity
Tsanko Lavrenov was born on November 24, 1896 in Plovdiv , Bulgaria . His grandfather, Lavrenty, enthusiastically studied manuscripts, copying old Catholic illuminated manuscripts. After graduating from the French Catholic College of sv. Augustine in Plovdiv, his grandson Tsanko goes to Vienna , where he is engaged in a private drawing school of St.. Anne in 1920 - 1921 .
Landscapes of the Rila Monastery give rise to a large cycle, and the pictures painted after a visit to Athos in 1935–1936 signify the coming to full conviction in the fruitfulness of the appeal to the medieval icon painting tradition , which relied on such timeless priorities as the unity of design and execution, the animation of the plot [3] .
The artist relied on the traditions coming from the Bulgarian Renaissance, on a detailed study of ancient architecture. He devoted a lot of time to research in monasteries: paintings, mosaics, miniatures in the monastery libraries rich in ancient manuscripts. He finally realizes that only Bulgarian Zakhary Zograf (who lived a century before Tsanko Lavrenov) can be his true teacher. He depicted ancient cities and monasteries (“Old Plovdiv”), often in the natural environment of the mountains. He turned to historical, folklore themes, interpreting them in a fabulous way, sometimes resembling the world of merry dreams of fair painters [4] . The artist freely applied the laws of perspective, attaining emotional and rhythmic unity in building on the canvas a complex space of the urban environment. The painting of Tsanko Lavrenov is marked by fantasy, expressiveness of details, festivity of color .
The artist died on December 16, 1978.
| The exposition of the Tsanko Lavren Museum ( Plovdiv ) is a hall with its painting. | Portrait of Tsanko Lavrenov performed by his friend, Golden Boyadzhiev |
Recognition
Today the name of the artist is in Plovdiv National Art Gymnasium Tzanko Lavrenov (bolg.) ( Website , VIDEO ).
In addition, the name of Tsanko Lavrenov named one of the streets of the city, and in the house of Kirkor Mesrobovich on the street. Artina Gidikova posted a permanent exhibition of urban landscapes Lavrenova with views of Plovdiv.
Images Online
- Butterflies and flowers, 1928 (inaccessible link) pattern of interest in early youth in modern style
- Artists friends: Tsanko Lavrenov and Zlatyu Boyadzhiev . Sofia, 1942
- Bombed by the Anglo-American aviation Sofia. 1944 photo Tsanko Lavrenova [5]
- The Bombardment of Sofia, 1946
- 12 paintings by C. Lavrenov VK
- An old artist on the background of his painting with merry-go-rounds and crowds of townspeople having fun on a holiday
Literature
- Lavrenov, Tsanko. One belly does not stiga: 132 unpublished letters to Tsanko Lavrenov / Ed .: Radka Koleva. - Plovdiv: National Library "Ivan Vazov", 1996. - 302 p. - ISBN 9549546012 . (Bulgarian)
- The development of socialist art in the countries of Central and Southeastern Europe, 1933-1939: Collective monograph / N. M. Vagapova, B. I. Rostotsky, I. I. Rubanova. - M .: "Science", 1983. - p. 274. - 380 p. - 6450 copies
- Delchev, Boris. Tsanko Lavrenov / Protopopov, V. - Sofia: Sofia-Press, 1968. - 43 p.
- Kotseva, Yonka. Tsanko Lavrenov . - Sofia: Bulgarian artist, 1972
- Concheva, Mara. Tsanko Lavrenov. - Sofia: Bulgarian artist, 1958. - 120 p. . - 117 s. - (Predyditsa Maistory on the image of art). (Bulgarian)
- Staykov, Veselin. Tsanko Ivanov Lavrenov: Monograph. - Sofia: Balg. artist, 1954.
Notes
- ↑ In Latin transcription is found the spelling of Tzanco, Zanko, Zanco, Canko.
- ↑ VIDEO, 6 min. To the 115th anniversary of the birth of Tsanko Lavrenov (Bulgarian)
- ↑ Traveling records on Holy Mount Athos (1935) (Bulgarian)
- ↑ It is interesting to compare Tsanko Lavrenov ’s painting with his two other contemporaries from Eastern Europe: the academically-educated Russian Kustodiyev and the ugly Nugget, the Croatian Generalich .
- ↑ 20 shots of the allies, bombed by the Allies, Sofia, taken by Tsanko Lavrenov, a new girl, a year before the bought Leica (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is May 12, 2015. Archived December 22, 2015.
Links
- Arcadja.com
- Bezramka.Bg
- Pravoslavieto.com Tsanko Lavrenov: Artistic Heritage