Vasil Ivanov

He was born in 1909 in Sofia. He graduated from high school in Kazanlak, and in 1939 - majored in "Painting" at the Academy of Arts in Sofia under Nikola Ganushev and Nikola Marinov. Vasil Ivanov spent his youth in Kazanlak, where he graduated from high school. He painted and played the violin. For a short time, he taught painting in Sliven. After graduating from the Academy of Arts in Sofia, he became a member of the "Society of New Artists". He was also a member of the "Barats" group together with Vasil Barakov, David Perets, Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, and later Tihomir Kodzhamanov. He became close to the teacher Petar Dunov and lived in "Izgreva". In 1946, Ivanov held his first solo painting exhibition, at which he exhibited landscapes and still lifes. Later, he turned to graphic landscapes, and painted the cycle "Cosmos". He held eight graphic exhibitions in Sofia: in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966 and 1967, and participated in general art exhibitions and presentations of Bulgarian fine art abroad. The New York Encyclopedia of Fine Arts lists him as the creator of the "Cosmic Graphics" movement. Famous paintings by Vasil Ivanov are "Eagle Bridge in Sofia" (1951), "Sea Beach" (1954), "Sea Landscape" (1954), "Bay - Sozopol" (1957), all of which are owned by the National Art Gallery. He died in 1975.