Varbanov, Toma Varbanov Born on October 19, 1943 in Plovdiv. Prof. Toma Varbanov is an artist and a long-time teacher of mural painting and painting at the Art Academy. He graduated in Mural Painting at the National Art Academy – Sofia. He specialized in Painting at the Grand Chaumier Academy in Paris. He works in the field of monumental arts, all genres of painting and drawing.