Vassilev, Trpko Vassilev Nakov, born on 14.03.1876, in Lichishta, Greece. Died 09.11.1970, Sofia. Artist, decorator, gallerist and patron. In 1906, he completed the general course at the State Drawing School in Sofia (today the Academy of Arts), where his teachers were the painters Petko Klisurov and Prof. Ivan Angelov. Vasilev’s main profession is a decorator, but his artistic heritage consists mainly of landscapes. In 1910, he opened the first art gallery in Sofia, which became known as the “Trapkova Gallery”. Despite his poor financial situation, Vassilev maintained the gallery for years and thus contributed a lot to the promotion of fine art in Bulgaria.
