Name Tsanko Lavrenov | Role Artist Known for Painting | |
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Died December 16, 1978, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Artists - Tsanko Lavrenov / Цанко Лавренов (1896-1978)
Tsanko Lavrenov (Bulgarian: Цанко Лавренов) was a Bulgarian painter and art critic born in 1896, deceased in 1978.
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- Bulgarian Artists Tsanko Lavrenov 1896 1978
- National High School of Arts Tsanko Lavrenov Drawing lesson
- Biography and career
- Selected works
- Holy Mountain cycle
- References

He is one of the most prominent, influential and distinctive Bulgarian artists of the 20th century. A modernist influenced by the Symbolism and the Secession, Lavrenov is best known for his cityscapes of the old town of Plovdiv as well as his monasteries cycle.

National High School of Arts "Tsanko Lavrenov" - Drawing lesson
Biography and career

Tsanko Ivanov Lavrenov was born on November 24, 1896 in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. His grandfather Lavrentiy was a bookman, copyist of catholic manuscripts. Lavrenov graduated at the French college in Plovdiv. In 1921-22, he enrolled at a private art school in Vienna.
Selected works

Holy Mountain cycle

References
Tsanko Lavrenov Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA