Tsankov Maxim - Art Lexicon

Lexicon of foreign painters in Macedonia between 1850-1950

Maxim Tsankov (1877– 1965), Bulgarian

Born on 14^th November 1877 in Razgrad, died in 1965. He studied at the art academy “Albertina” in Torino, Italy, in the class of prof. Giacomo Grosso and Prof. Marccisio. He visited Vardar Macedonia before the Second World War and Pirin Macedonia regularly between the two world wars. Several paintings from Macedonia regions can be found in the collection of the Fine Art gallery “Prof. Ilya Petrov” in Razgrad, Bulgaria, for example the oil on canvas “Little village church and the peak of Shara Mountain”, and several oil paintings depicting landscapes from Pirin Mountain.

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This lexicon is a result of my 15 years long period of researching & documenting the personalities and the artworks of the foreign painters, sculptors, illustrators, and photographers having visited different spots of the geographic territory of Macedonia, there having created works of art there over a 100-years long period i.e. between 1850-1950. Their presence and artwork in the Macedonian milieus represent a notable cultural heritage to the international linkage of the ethnic Macedonians as well as to all the ethnicities living in the picturesque territory of Macedonia and the cultures of modern-day countries spread over parts of the geographic territory of Macedonia. Witnessing the artistic contributions of the foreign artist, we are proud of their Macedonia-themed creative works and experiences. I believe that their artworks, having been inspired and created over the vast region of Macedonia, unite us all in these challenging times, and under the facts and the values of the artistic beauty.

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