Székely Josef
The Viennese photographer Dr. Josef Székely (1838-1901) was born in Sümeg near Lake Balaton in western Hungary and went to school in Szombathely. He then attended the University of Vienna and graduated in 1860 with a masters in pharmacy and in 1862 with a doctorate in chemistry. He taught at the university for a time, […]
The teacher from Ohrid
The project “Lexicon” started one December night in 2004. The family was sleeping, and I was doing my favorite evening hobby – searching for interesting paintings on internet. I came across a live online auction in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Among all sort of things, there was a dozen of gouache on paper drawings with description: […]
Léon Auguste
French photographer who worked for the project “Archives of the Planet” (French: Les Archives de la Planète) of millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn (1860-1940) since 1909. Together with Jean Brin, another French photographer, they visited Macedonia during the Balkan wars in the period of 1912-1913 where they made series of autochromes (very first […]
Lost in the firestorm of Dresden
At the begin of the 20th century the German city of Dresden was called “the Florence of the Elbe” and considered as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The magnificent baroque architecture the surrounding natural beauty of south valley of the river Elbe and the surrounding hills, the mild and pleasant climate and […]
A good item for your own Macedonian collection
Here is one tip for everyone who wants to start his own collection of Macedonia-related art and photographs from the period 1850-1950: a German book published in 1915 with a title “Bilder vom Mazedonischen Kriegsschauplatze” (Pictures from Macedonian battlefield). The book has been created upon an order of the German military general command and published […]
Where is the grave of Gerard Chowne?
For some painters, Macedonia was their final destination. Gerard Henry Tilson Chowne (1875 India – 1917 Macedonia) was a British painter that was educated at the Slade school of art and art academies in Paris and Rome. He became a teacher of painting at the Liverpool University and founder of Sandon Studios in Liverpool. Before […]
A Secret code in Macedonian embroidery?
The geometry, colors, and aesthetics of traditional Macedonian embroidery has mesmerized all war painters that traveled through Macedonia or fought with their armies on Macedonian front during the Great War 1914-1918. Macedonian farmers dressed in traditional clothes are common subjects in their paintings. But in one case, this inspiration went into a scenario that one […]
Mantegazza Vico
Vico Mantegazza, (Milan, 22.1.1856 – Milan, 28.10.1934) was an Italian writer, journalist, photographer, and politician. He is considered the special Italian envoy to Balkan since 1886 where he made numerous reportages. He was director of the “Nation” from 1894 to 1898. Although he was more a politician than artist, he “earned” his place in this […]
Zheliazkov Serbezov
Born in 1873 in Demircha village in Romania, died in 1937. Graduated in painting under Prof. I. Mrkvicka and Prof. B. Mitov from the Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia in 1899. Graduated from the Studio of Ilya Repin. Secretary of the Union of the South Bulgarian Artists “Lada” and one of the initiators for the […]
Zhekov Mario
Born on October 16, 1898. in Stara Zagora. He studied painting in Paris and Sofia. Worked in landscape, mainly seascape. He has traveled and lived in France, Italy, Greece, Turkey. Member of the Society of South Bulgarian Artists. Since 1920. arranges many solo exhibitions, participates in group exhibitions. He exhibited his works in Paris, Marseille, […]
