Portrait of the Sculptress Vaska Emanuilova

Ivan Nenov’s early work created in the late 1920s is an example of a modern artistic idiom conveying the idea of Native Art. The portrait of the sculptress Vaska Emanouilova belongs to this period. Nenov’s 1930s work is characterized by a new interest in Objectivity, also shared by other artists in Bulgaria. Some compositions bear testimony to a pronounced, belated interest in Cezanne and Cubism.