Castaing Renė-Marie
Born on 16th December 1896 in Pau, died on 8th December 1943 in Pau. Stаrted to exbibit at the Sаlon of French Artist in 1913. Joined the French army as a volunteer and served in Champagne, Loire and Macedonia. In 1919 he won a war medal for bravery and gratitude for his military service with […]
Calvert Charles
British diplomat, photographer and illustrator. Served as British consul in Bitola (Monastir) from 1860 until the closure of the British consulate in 1872. Before Macedonia, he served as British diplomat in Damascus and Beirut in 1850, later moved in Thessaloniki in 1856 and finally to be settled in Bitola. Charles Clavert produced a rare album […]
Buzon de Frederic Marius
Born on 18 Sep 1879 in La Roque (Bayon sur Gironde) died in Algiers on 26 Nov 1958. He was a French painter with Algerian and Spanish origins (descendant of the famous painter Francisco de Goya). He studied art at the School of Fine Arts in Bordeaux and National School of Fine Arts in Paris. […]
Brakel van Arnoldus Johannes
Born in Arnhem on 27-April 1923, died in Amsterdam on 8 July 1994). Studied art at the Art school in Arnhem under guidance of Hendrik Valk. Arnold van Brakel visited and spend some several months in Macedonia in the period 1949-1950, after which he returned in Amsterdam as illustrator and commercial artist in the newspaper […]
Boutet de Monvel Bernard
Son of painter-etcher Maurice Boutet de Monvel and a pupil of Luc-Oliver Merson and Jean Dampt, Bernard Boutet de Monvel exhibited his work at the Salon from 1902. He produced about a hundred stylized and refined color etchings, often featuring Balzac’s Lions and the elegant figures of the Directory period. Besides these evocations of the […]
Burich Narcis
Born in Knin on 4th August 1893, died in Zagreb on 13th May 1950. Studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich and Prague in the class of Vlaho Bukovac. He was a teacher for painting in Split and Sarajevo, where he had a private art school. Painted mainly sea scenes, landscapes and still […]
Booth John
English journalist and illustrator and special correspondent to the newspaper “Graphic” in Macedonia in 1904. The book about his stay in Macedonia called “Troubles in the Balkans” with many pencil and ink drawings from various parts of Macedonia was published by Hurst and Blackett, London in 1905.
Boissonnas Frėdėric
Important Swiss art photographer who came from artist family from Geneva. In 1887 Boissonnas became a member of the Geneva Photographic Society. He traveled to Greece many times and was hired by the Greek government in the 1910s to create an album entitled “The images of Greece”. His art photographs of Thessaloniki, Skopje, Prilep, Bitola, […]
Bocarić Anastas
Important Montenegrin artist, born in Budva 1864, died in Peraste 1944. He studied art in Athens and Thessaloniki. Lived in Cetinje, worked as a royal court portrait painter. Lived and worked as art teacher in Skopje from 1906 to 1909 after which he moved to Thessaloniki until 1911, where he stayed for one year. In […]
Blazev Nikola
Born in Orehovo, Bulgaria in 1913. A participation in a national competition won him a complete five-year scholarship to the Bulgarian Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated with highest honors. After graduation Blazev remained in Sofia, Bulgaria working as portrait painter for the diplomatic community until he was drafted into the army in […]
