Georgi Danchov

Georgi Danchov Георги Данчов
Born	July 27, 1846 Chirpan
Died	January 19, 1908 Sofia
Ethnicity	Bulgarian
Occupation	Artist
Religion	Eastern Orthodox Christian

Georgi Danchov, „Free Bulgaria“, lithography

Georgi Danchov (1846–1908) was a Bulgarian Renaissance artist and revolutionary. He was one of the closest associates of Vasil Levski and the author considered the most accurate portrait of the Apostle^[1]. Georgi Danchov, father of Nicholas and Ivan Danchov, was one of the compilers of the first Bulgarian encyclopedias and numerous dictionaries.

On May 24, 1869 Levski visits Chirpan where he stays at the home of Georgi Danchov and the local Secret Committee based there. During the revolutionary movement, he (also known as Zografina) was exiled in Diyarbakir with a life sentence, but fled to Russia in 1876 and even during his exile artistic enthusiasm keep the pressure - there lithography creates "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 entitled "Free Bulgaria".

Georgi Danchov painted icons for churches in Plovdiv, Chirpan, Stara Zagora, Kazanlak. In 1861 izografisva altar apse of the Arapovo monastery St. Nedelja (also called Zlatovrahski monastery) and the vault of the monastery church 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 of Nayden Gerovcreate 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

• „Георги Данчов Зографина. Документален роман“, Петър Стъпов, Издателство „Народна младеж“, София, 1979

Sources

1. ^ Информация за Чирпан, сайт на БТС

External links

• Георги Данчов — Зографина. Виртуална галерия
• Стенописите на Георги Данчов —Зографина в църквата „Въведение Богородично”, Стефка Крачанова

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Name	Danchov, Georgi
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Date of birth	July 27, 1846
Place of birth	Chirpan
Date of death	January 19, 1908
Place of death	Sofia