“Academic act”, beginning of the twentieth century
Technique
Oil paints
Size
136/ 73 cm.
Material
Canvas
Inventory number
35
Location
Art Gallery “Elena Karamihailova”
Biographical data about the author
POPOV, Trifon (1874-1949). Born in the village of Gorna Lipnitsa, Gornooryakhovsko in a priest’s family. He graduated from the first graduating class of the State Drawing School in Sofia under Prof. Iv. Mrkvichka. Works together with his teachers Prof. Ivan Mrkvichka and Anton Mitov. He painted many of his paintings in Shumen, where he taught and lived until the end of his days. Bequeaths part of his paintings to the gallery in Shumen.