Ivan Kirkov Explained
Ivan Kirkov (Bulgarian: Иван Кирков) (1 January 1932 – 19 September 2010) was a Bulgarian painter and illustrator. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia.[1] He later taught there.[2]
In 2022, a symposium was held on his work, The lighted roads - 90 years of traces of the art of Ivan Kirkov.[3]
He was an artist of the Plovdiv School.[4]
He produced set designs for theatre during the 1970s.[4]
His paintings include Woman in Red, which is in Plovdiv Art Gallery.[5]
He has been described as one of "our [Bulgarian] artists, so famous here but ignored abroad", with other artists including Svetlin Rusev.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: RAKURSI Gallery - Ivan Kirkov, biography . 2011-10-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425014239/http://www.rakursi.com/artists/ikirkov_en.htm . 2012-04-25 .
- Book: Bulgaria . nos. 444-455 . 1985 . 29 May 2023 .
- Web site: The lighted roads - 90 years of traces of the art of Ivan Kirkov . Visit Plovdiv . Plovdiv Municipality . 29 May 2023.
- Book: Nagy . P. . Rouyer . P. . World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 1: Europe . Taylor & Francis . v. 1 . 2014 . 978-1-136-11804-3 . 29 May 2023 . 166.
- Book: Allendorf, M. . Women in Socialist Society . Edition Leipzig . 1976 . 978-0-904000-61-0 . 29 May 2023 .
- Book: Ward, P. . Bulgarian Voices: Letting the People Speak . Oleander . 1992 . 978-0-906672-64-8 . 29 May 2023 .
