CITYSCAPE

Explore our temporary exhibition to make it a lasting memory.

By Varna City Art Gallery

from 25 April to 16 May 2024

Old Varna I (1936) by Hristo KavarnalievVarna City Art Gallery

Old Varna I 1936, Hristo Kavarnaliev (1894- 1951)

Significant cityscape artists were influenced by Impressionism and Postimpressionism until the middle of 20th century.

Café in Karlovo (Unknown) by DANAIL DECHEVVarna City Art Gallery

A café in Karlovo 1936, Boris Denev (1883 - 1969)

Danail Dechev was influenced by impressionism and postimpressionism also. He depicted landscapes from some of our most picturesque historical cities. There the author's more expressive and intense temperament is evident, characterizing the atmosphere of the work.

City of Turnovo by Danail DechevVarna City Art Gallery

The city of Turnovo, Boris Denev (1883 - 1969)

City of Plovdiv by Danail DechevVarna City Art Gallery

The city of Plovdiv 1937, Boris Denev (1883 - 1969)

Landscape-Rodopi (1969) by Vera NedkovaVarna City Art Gallery

Landscape Rhodopes, 1969, Vera Nedkova (1906 - 1996)

Vera Nedkova creates innovative paintings mastering the principles of modern European art. Her painting can be characterized as modern, autonomous, contingent and bordering on the abstract. Critics characterize the artistic approach of this author as "pictorial-plastic".

Danube Landscape (1962) by Nikifor TsonevVarna City Art Gallery

"Danubian Landscape" 1962, Nikifor Tsonev (1928-2008)

Linear-plastic relationships of architectural motifs are also characteristic of some modern artists.  We find this in the work of Nikifor Tsonev (1928-2008).

The town at night (1983) by Daria VasilianskaVarna City Art Gallery

The City at Night 1983, Daria Wasilyanska's (1928-2017)

This  art piece is an example of post-navism.  Painting in this nightscape style, Daria Wasilyanska manages to achieve a remarkable intense emotional atmosphere and a sense of spiritual mystery.

Industrial Landscape (1962) by Emil StoychevVarna City Art Gallery

Industrial Landscape 1962, Emil Stoychev 1935

Among the modern artists presented here, we would like to draw special attention to the colourist Emil Stoychev, whose work "Industrial Landscape" 1962.,  can be defined as particularly sonorous and expressive compared to all the others.

27th July Street (1980) by Andrey Daniel and 27 July 1980 StreetVarna City Art Gallery

"Window to My Childhood" 1966, Hristo Stefanov (1931-2013)

A number of modernist works of Bulgarian artists are constructively clear and explicit, and at the same time naivistic.

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