Илия Петров (1903 – 1995)
Iliya Petrov (1903 – 1995), “Hristo Botev”
Detailed information
A kind of art
painting
Category
Portrait
Period
around the middle of the twentieth century
Author / years
Iliya Petrov (1903 – 1995)
Title of the work
“Hristo Botev”
Technique
Oil paints
Size
71 / 63 cm.
Material
Canvas
Inventory number
815
Location
Art Gallery “Elena Karamihailova”
Biographical data about the author
Iliya Nikolaev PETROV. Born on July 9, 1903 in Razgrad. He died on May 18, 1975 in Sofia. In 1926 he graduated in Painting at the Art Academy in Sofia, under Prof. Nikola Marinov. He won a competition and in 1926 went to Munich for specialization. Until 1928, he attended the private school Heinrich Mann and learned from masters of world painting. Drawing teacher (1928 – 1940) in the 13th junior high school in the proletarian quarter “Yuchbunar”, Sofia. From 1940 he was a teacher, 1946 – associate professor and from 1957 to 1968 – professor of painting at the Academy of Arts, Sofia; dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts (1957-1962) and rector (l965-1968) of the academy, and from 1972 became an academician.
