Станю Стаматов (1886 – 1963)
Stanyu Stamatov (1886 – 1963), “Countryyard”, 1943
Detailed information
A kind of art
painting
Category
Figurative composition
Period
40s of the 20th century
Author / years
Stanyu Stamatov (1886 – 1963)
Title of the work
“Countryyard”, 1943
Technique
Oil paints
Size
80 /65 см.
Material
Canvas
Inventory number
989
Location
Art Gallery “Elena Karamihailova”
Biographical data about the author
Stanyu Stamatov (1886 – 1963). Born February 16, 1886 Shipka, Bulgaria, died January 17, 1963 Munich, Germany. Stanyu Petrov Stamatov was born in the town of Shipka, Kazanlak – a painter who worked mainly in the field of figurative composition and landscape. He paints domestic scenes from rural life, paintings with a military theme, urban and natural landscapes, portraits. In 1911, he graduated from the Drawing School (now the National Academy of Arts) in Sofia in the class of Prof. Ivan Mrkvichka. He studied and specialized in painting, first in Germany (1925 – 1927), and then in France. He participated in the Balkan and the First World War as a military artist. He works as a drawing teacher in Kazanlak. He participated regularly in the General Art Exhibitions in the 1930s and up to the mid-1940s. There are over 40 solo exhibitions.
