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Tsanko Lavrenov

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Tsanko Lavrenov
Цанко Лавренов
Born(1896-11-24)November 24, 1896
DiedOctober 18, 1978(1978-10-18) (aged 81)
NationalityBulgarian
Known forPainter

Tsanko Lavrenov (Bulgarian: Цанко Лавренов) 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,[1] Lavrenov is best known for his cityscapes of the old town of Plovdiv as well as his monasteries cycle.

Biography and career

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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.[2] Lavrenov graduated at the French college in Plovdiv.[2] In 1921-22, he enrolled at a private art school in Vienna.[2]

Selected works

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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)

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