Kyril Vassilev
Kyril Petrov Vassilev (Bulgarian: Кирил Петров Василев; May 24, 1908 – June 21, 1987) was a Bulgarian-born American world-renowned portrait painter of royalty and American society during the mid-20th century. His parents were Bulgarian and stated that he started painting when he was 3 years old. At the age of 16, Vassilev received his first important portrait commission to paint Bulgaria's Secretary of War, General Lazaroff.
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Kyril Vassilev
- Born
- 1908 · Vidin.
- Died
- 1987 · Sofia.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
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Kyril Petrov Vassilev (Bulgarian: Кирил Петров Василев; May 24, 1908 – June 21, 1987) was a Bulgarian-born American world-renowned portrait painter of royalty and American society during the mid-20th century. His parents were Bulgarian and stated that he started painting when he was 3 years old. At the age of 16, Vassilev received his first important portrait commission to paint Bulgaria's Secretary of War, General Lazaroff.
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Born at Vidin in 1908, died in Sofia in 1987.
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