Talk:Georgi Danchov

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1st paragraph: George Danchov - Zografina a Bulgarian Renaissance artist and revolutionary. He is one of the closest associates of Vasil Levski and the author considered the most accurate portrait of the Apostle.[1] George Danchov father of Nicholas and Ivan Danchov - one of the compilers of the first Bulgarian encyclopedias and numerous dictionaries.

2nd paragraph On May 24, 1869 Levski Chirpan where stays at the home of George Danchov based there and the local Secret Committee. During the revolutionary movement, was exiled Zografina in Diyarbakir with a life sentence, but fled toRussia in 1876 and even during his exile artistic enthusiasm no stops - up there lithography "Mermaids". During the Russo-Turkish War, taking part in the Bulgarian volunteers, and after the liberation - in Rumelian coup. Danchov is a public figure: a member of the interim government in Plovdiv, and repeatedly elected to Parliament. In 1879. Plovdiv he created his legendary work - lithography Free Bulgaria ". George Danchov painted icons for churches Plovdiv Chirpan, Stara Zagora,Kazanlak. In 1861 izografisva altar apse of the monastery Arapovo St. Sunday(also called Zlatovrahski monastery) and the vault of the church in the monastery of St. Spas "near Sopot. In 1865 he went to Constantinople, where he studied lithography. His first lithographic works are portraits of Medhat Pasha and composition Raina Princess in the cave. In 1867, on behalf ofNayden Gerov create 17 themed pictures with images of Bulgarian costumes and domestic scenes, presented an exhibition in Moscow University. Besides Levski, painted portraits and other Bulgarian revolutionaries and public figures: Hristo Botev,Georgi Rakovski, Zahari Stoyanov, Stefan Stambolov. Danchov is one of the founders of Bulgarian secular painting and one of the first photographers in Bulgaria.

References: George Danchov Zografina. Documentary novel, Peter Stupov, Publishing People Youth, Sofia, 1979

Sources: ↑ Information Chirpan, site of SIP

External links: George Danchov - Zografina. Virtual Gallery The murals of George Danchov - Zografina in the Church of the Blessed Virgin, Stefka Krachanova

Categories: Bulgarian painters | Bulgarian painters | Bulgarian revolutionaries | Bulgarian volunteers | fighters for the liberation of Bulgaria from Turkish rule | Chirpanlii

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 * name = George Danchov
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 * Description = Bulgarian artist and revolutionary
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 * born-date =July 27 1846
 * born-location =Chirpan, today Bulgaria
 * died-date =January 19 1908
 * deceased-location =Sofia, Bulgaria