Georgi Danchov
Georgi Danchov Георги Данчов | |
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| Born | July 27, 1846 |
| Died | January 19, 1908 |
| Occupation | Artist |
Georgi Danchov (Bulgarian: Георги Данчов) (1846–1908) was a Bulgarian Renaissance artist, photographer, illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, caricaturist and a revolutionary.
He was one of the closest associates of Vasil Levski and the author considered the most accurate portrait of the Apostle.[1] Georgi Danchov, father of Nicholas and Ivan Danchov, was one of the compilers of the first Bulgarian encyclopedias and numerous dictionaries.
On May 24, 1869 Levski visited
Diyarbakir
with a life sentence, but fled to Russia in 1876 and even during his exile artistic enthusiasm keep the pressure – there lithography creates "Mermaids". During the Russo-Turkish War, taking part in the Bulgarian volunteers, and after the liberation – in Rumelian coup. Danchov was a public figure: a member of the interim government in Plovdiv, and repeatedly elected to Parliament. In 1879, Plovdiv he created his legendary work – lithography entitled "Free Bulgaria".
Georgi Danchov painted icons for churches in
Georgi Rakovski, Zahari Stoyanov, Stefan Stambolov. Danchov is one of the founders of Bulgarian secular painting and one of the first photographers in Bulgaria. He is also considered to be the first Bulgarian comics artist, as he created caricatures and cartoons with sequences for 19th-century magazines. In 1890 he created a text comic named The Six Feelings.[2]
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Georgi Danchov, "Free Bulgaria", lithography
References
- "Георги Данчов Зографина. Документален роман", Петър Стъпов, Издателство "Народна младеж", София, 1979
Sources
- ^ Информация за Чирпан, сайт на БТС
- ^ "Georgi Danchov". lambiek.net.
External links
Media related to Georgi Danchov Zografina at Wikimedia Commons
- Георги Данчов — Зографина. Виртуална галерия
- Стенописите на Георги Данчов —Зографина в църквата „Въведение Богородично”, Стефка Крачанова
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