Zahari Zograf
Zahariy Hristovich Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Захарий Христович Димитров) (1810–1853), better known as Zahari Zograf (or Zahariy Zograf; Захари(й) Зограф) is a famous Bulgarian painter of the Bulgarian National Revival, noted for his church mural paintings and icons and often regarded as the founder of secular art in Bulgaria due to the introduction of everyday life elements in his work.
Zahari Zograf was born in the town of
His best known icons are those of the SS
Zahari Zograf lived and worked on Mount Athos between 1851 and 1852, where he decorated the outer narthex of the Great Lavra. He also did several church donor portraits in his later years, also leaving a large number of unrealized sketches after his death from typhus on 14 June 1853.
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The circle of life,Transfiguration Monastery, Veliko Tarnovo
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Mary with the young Jesus, church Archangel, Bachkovo Monastery
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Рortrait ofNational Art Gallery, Sofia
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Saints Cyril and Methodius (1848), Troyan Monastery
External links
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