Dora Boneva
Dora Boneva (born 11 April 1936) is a Bulgarian painter.
Dora Boneva
- Name
- Dora Boneva
- Born
- 11 April 1936
- Birthplace
- Gabrovo, Bulgaria
- Field
- Painter
- Died
- 2021 · Sofia.
- Nationality
- Bulgaria
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator · translator
- Fields
- painting · illustration · translation
- Education
- National Academy of Arts
- Languages
- Bulgarian · English
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Dora Boneva (born 11 April 1936) is a Bulgarian painter.
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Dora Boneva (1936–2021) was a Bulgarian illustrator, painter and translator. Born in Gabrovo, the illustrator died in Sofia.
Dora Boneva studied at National Academy of Arts. The illustrator was active in illustration, painting and translation. Languages used include Bulgarian and English.
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• Name — Dora Boneva • Born — 11 April 1936 • Birthplace — Gabrovo, Bulgaria • Field — Painter
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Boneva was born in 1936 and she received her master's degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. She studied painting under the guidance of the academician Dechko Uzunov. She took part in many national art exhibitions and in numerous Bulgarian art presentations in foreign countries. She has won awards from the Union of Bulgarian Artists, from the government of Sofia, from the Institut Culturel de Solenzara in Paris, a silver medal from the French Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1981 she has been a corresponding member of the European Academy of Sciences, Art, and Literature, with head office in Paris. In 1989, 1990 and 1993, Boneva took part in the Autumn Salon in Paris. She was selected as artist-in-residence by the Griffis Art center in New London, CT, USA in 1994–1995. Boneva has three paintings in the collection of Newnham College, Cambridge.
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Dora Boneva is recorded as painter, illustrator and translator.
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1936
Dora Boneva was born in 1936 at Gabrovo.
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Dora Boneva (2011) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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Dora Boneva died in 2021 at Sofia.
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