Voltchaneski Vsevolod

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Vsevolod Vladimirovitch Votchaneski (or as he signed V. Volchanecki) Russian painter who lived with his British wife Alisson Bell Chambers in Dubrovnik in 1920s and 1930s and made many paintings and watercolors of traditional folk dresses of Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia. There are several postcards from 1920s with reproductions of his paintings depicting various folk […]

Velkov Simeon

Simeon-Velkov-1885-1963-Village-well-in-Vitoljane-Oil-on-canvas-and-watercolor-study

Born on 11.04.1885 in Panagyrishte, died on 10.09.1963 in Sofia. Graduated (1910) painting from the Industrial School of Arts, Sofia, in the class of Prof. Ivan Mrkvichka. Visited many museums in Italy and Germany. High School teacher in Plovdiv and Asenovgrad (until 1923), Professor (1926 till 1947) at the Art Academy in Sofia. During the […]

Vaszary Miklós János

János-Miklós-Vaszary-1867-1939-Skopje-Vardar-bridge-1916-drawing

János Miklós Vaszary (30 November 1867 – 19 April 1939) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. He was born into a prominent Catholic family in Kaposvár. His uncle was Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, the Archbishop of Esztergom. His art studies began at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts under János Greguss. In 1887, he went […]

Valentin Andrė Etienne

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Born in Paris on 20-01-1893, died in Rennes in 1940. He was a grandson of the French sculptor Jean Marie Valentin (1823-1896) and son of the French art teacher Alfred Valentin (1862-1928). Etienne Valentin was a French soldier and drawer. He got recruited by the French army in November 1913, serving in the 32nd Field […]

Tsankov Maxim

Born on 14th November 1877 in Razgrad, died in 1965. He studied at the art academy “Albertina” in Torino, Italy, in the class of prof. Giacomo Grosso and Prof. Marccisio. He visited Vardar Macedonia before the Second World War and Pirin Macedonia regularly between the two world wars. Several paintings from Macedonia regions can be […]

Trangmar Frank Charles

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British etcher and watercolorist. Member of the British Watercolor Society. Trangmar studied at Brighton School of Art and then the Royal College of Art. He became an art teacher and later Headmaster of Salisbury School of Art, the Principle of Ealing School of Arts and Crafts, living in Cambourne Avenue, London. He exhibited between 1927 […]

Traichev Georgi

Georgi-Traichev-1880-1935

Born on 02.03.1880 died 29.10.1935. He was an important Bulgarian photographer and a creator of the Photography department of the Bulgarian National Museum (for which he worked from 1914 until his death in 1935). His photographs have been published in the articles of Bogdan Filov, Andrei Protic, Nikola Mavrodinov, etc. He produced a collection of […]

Touchet Jacques

Jacques Touchet 1887-1949 Salonique 1917 lithography

Born on 17.09.1887 in Paris, died on 23.11.1949 in Paris. He was a student of Paul Renouard and Louis Morin. Worked as an illustrator for the famous magazine L’Illustration. His books “Sketches of a Prisoner of War” containing 24 color drawings and “Petits métiers de Salonique” (Small businesses in Thessaloniki) containing 12 lithographies was published […]

Thil Jeanne

Jeanne Thil 1887- 1968 Fontaine a Yéni Koulé Salonique gouache

Born on 18.12.1887 in Calais, lived and worked in Paris. Student of Humbert and Charles Fouqueray and the National School of Fine Arts in Paris. She exhibited in the Salon of French Artists since 1911. She was largely influenced of the style of Ch. Fouqueray, mainly his large historical subjects. Since 1921 she started travelling, […]

Thielen Herman

Herman Thielen 1867-1930 Turkish bet house in Opaje ink drawing

Born in 1867 in Berlin, died 1930 in Dusseldorf. German painter and etcher. He had several successful exhibitions in 1907 and 1908. He is registered in several German art lexicons (Thieme –Becher, Dressler, 1937 etc.) Thielen visited Macedonia during the First World War, likely as military painter. His ink drawings from the villages of Opaje, […]