Shtilyanova, Tsvetana Mihailova (1903-1994) Born on May 1, 1903 in Kazanlak. He graduated in Painting at the State Academy of Arts (1919 – 1928) under Prof. Dimitar Gyuzhenov. He specialized in Paris (1929 – 1933). He stayed there for four years. Participated in the Spring Salon at the Grand Palais. He spent part of his life in Prague and Vienna. He paints mostly still lifes and portraits. Until 1944, she was close to the royal family, and after the changes in 1944. he paints little, mostly portraits of his loved ones. He died in 1994. in Sofia.