Ivan Kirkov
Illustration — An exhibition in UniArt Gallery Ivan Kirkov (1 January 1932 – 19 September 2010) was a Bulgarian painter and illustrator.
Ivan Kirkov
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- Full name
- Иван Николов Кирков.
- Born
- Ivan Kirkov was born on 1 January 1932. · Asenovgrad.
- Died
- Ivan Kirkov died on 19 September 2010. · Asenovgrad.
- Nationality
- Bulgaria.
- Occupation
- illustrator, painter and sculptor.
- Fields
- portrait, art of, graphics and poster.
- Education
- National Academy of Arts.
- Languages
- Bulgarian.
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Illustration — An exhibition in UniArt Gallery Ivan Kirkov (1 January 1932 – 19 September 2010) was a Bulgarian painter and illustrator.
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He graduated from the National Academy of Art in Sofia. He later taught there. In 2022, a symposium was held on his work, The lighted roads - 90 years of traces of the art of Ivan Kirkov. He was an artist of the Plovdiv School. He produced set designs for theatre during the 1970s. His paintings include Woman in Red, which is in Plovdiv Art Gallery. He has been described as one of "our [Bulgarian] artists, so famous here but ignored abroad", with other artists including Svetlin Rusev.
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1932
Ivan Kirkov was born on 1 January 1932.
1998
Ivan Kirkov lichen Renesans (1998) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2009
Ivan Kirkov (2 catalogued editions) (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2010
Ivan Kirkov died on 19 September 2010.
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Ivan Kirkov was born in Asenovgrad.
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Ivan Kirkov died in Asenovgrad.
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- THE PIONEER CONTRIBUTION OF IVAN KIRKOV IN THE ABSTRACT PAINTING IN BULGARIA – PEDAGOGICAL LESSONS, Education and Technologies Journal, 2017
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- 1.RAKURSI Gallery - Ivan Kirkov, biography.
- 2.Bulgaria. nos. 444-455. 1985.
- 3.Plovdiv Municipality. The lighted roads - 90 years of traces of the art of Ivan Kirkov. Visit Plovdiv.
- 4.Nagy, P. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 1: Europe. Taylor & Francis. v. 1. 166. 2014. 978-1-136-11804-3.
- 5.Allendorf, M. Women in Socialist Society. Edition Leipzig. 1976. 978-0-904000-61-0.
- 6.Ward, P. Bulgarian Voices: Letting the People Speak. Oleander. 1992. 978-0-906672-64-8.
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THE PIONEER CONTRIBUTION OF IVAN KIRKOV IN THE ABSTRACT PAINTING IN BULGARIA – PEDAGOGICAL LESSONS, Education and Technologies Journal, 2017Crossref registry
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