Tsanko Lavrenov
Tsanko Lavrenov was a Bulgarian painter and art critic born in 1896, deceased in 1978. He is one of the most prominent, influential and distinctive Bulgarian artists of the 20th century. A modernist influenced by the Symbolism and the Secession, Lavrenov is best known for his cityscapes of the old town of Plovdiv as well as his monasteries cycle.
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- Name
- Tsanko Lavrenov Цанко Лавренов
- Born
- 24 November 1896
- Birthplace
- Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Died
- 18 October 1978
- Place of death
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Field
- Painter
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Occupation
- art critic · painter
- Fields
- painting
- Honours
- Hero of Socialist Labour
- Languages
- Bulgarian
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Tsanko Lavrenov was a Bulgarian painter and art critic born in 1896, deceased in 1978. He is one of the most prominent, influential and distinctive Bulgarian artists of the 20th century. A modernist influenced by the Symbolism and the Secession, Lavrenov is best known for his cityscapes of the old town of Plovdiv as well as his monasteries cycle.
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• Name — Tsanko Lavrenov Цанко Лавренов • Born — 24 November 1896 • Birthplace — Plovdiv, Bulgaria • Died — 18 October 1978 • Place of death — Sofia, Bulgaria • Field — Painter
Biography and career
Biography and career
Tsanko Ivanov Lavrenov was born on November 24, 1896, in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. His grandfather Lavrentiy was a bookman, copyist of catholic manuscripts. Lavrenov graduated at the French college in Plovdiv. In 1921-22, he enrolled at a private art school in Vienna.
Selected works
Selected works
• Illustration — Sculpture of Lavrenov in Plovdiv • The Old Plovdiv (1930) • Transfiguration Monastery • Kurshum han (1937) • The Church of St Sophia in Ohrid (1942) • Saint Pantaleon Church in Veles, Macedonia (1943) • Still life with flowers of the field (1944) • The Old Plovdiv - diptych (1946) • The Old Plovdiv (1974–75)
Holy Mountain cycle
Holy Mountain cycle
• Zograf Monastery (1936) • The main gate of Vatopedi monastery (1941) • General view of Helandariou monastery (1942) • The port of Zograf Monastery (1958)
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1896
Tsanko Lavrenov was born on 24 November 1896.
1978
Tsanko Lavrenov died on 16 December 1978.
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Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings TSanko Lavrenov, Tzanko Lavrenov and Zanko Lawrenow. His recorded language was Bulgarian.
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