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"Nicola Petrov" Art Gallery - Vidin |
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Written by ПМГ Видин
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 |
The District Art Gallery in Vidin was officially opened on 25 May 1962. In 1976, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Nicola Petrov's death, the staff of the art gallery decided to appoint him patron of the gallery.
&Consequently, his bas-relief, created by the sculptor Georgi Chapkunov, was put over the gate of the art gallery and its name was changed to "Nicola Petrov" District Art Gallery. In 1987, when the district administrative structure was changed, the word "District" in its name disappeared.
" In the field" (1942) , Zlatyo Boyadjiev
One of the people, who actively participated in the creation of the newly opened gallery's fund was Angel Budev - a prominent political and cultural figure. Some paintings, belonging to Mihail Kremen's and Bogomil Raynov's private collections were bought. In 1962 a number of artists from all over the country, including Stoyan Venev, Panayot Panayotov, Ivan Hristov, etc., came to Vidin to paint. The works, created by them in this period - about 80 altogether- were the initial fund of the art gallery.
Тhe building itself, which houses the exposition of the art gallery, was built in 1892 over the foundations of an old town gate. The architect Todor Varhota was the author of its design.
 Today its fund contains 1312 works of art. The Painting Department is the richest - it has 936 paintings. Among them are the original pictures: ‘Portrait of a Lady" by Ivan Murkvichka, "The Marketplace in Byala Slatina" and " Landscape" by Nicola Petrov, 13 paintings by Vladimir Dimitrov- the Master (among which " Mother and Child"), Boris Mitov's ;quot; Dr.Vitanov's Portrait", Sirak „Three Girls" , Vladimir Dimitrov- The Master
Skitnik's "Boats", 3 paintings by Zlatyo Boyadjiev, among which is the famous " In the field" from the Brezovo series, landscapes by Ivan Hristov, "General Gurko's Portrait" by Alexander Poplilov, watercolor landscapes and two watercolor portraits - of a boy and an old man, Svetlin Russev's "Town landscape" and "Landscape in Red" , paintings by Nayden Petkov, Alexander Petrov and other Bulgarian artists.
The Graphic Department of the art gallery in Vidin contains 40 original printings by world famous artists: Rembrandt's " Portrait of Copenol" - etching, Albrecht Durer's engraving "The Kiss of Judas" . Gustave Dore's illustration from the "Inferno" series - engraving, and his " Leader" - lithograph, Goya's etchings "Women's Feast " and "Phillip the IV of Spain", Francois Milet's "Newborn baby" - etching, Eugene Delacroix's lithographs " Algerian Women", "Antique medallions" and "A Blacksmith".
The Art Gallery in Vidin possesses also some works of Bulgarian masters of the chisel - Veselin Staykov, Vasil Zahariev, Juli Minchev, Zlatka Dubova, Galiley Simeonov, Petar Chuklev, Roumen Skorchev, etc.
"The Kiss of Judas", Albrecht Durer
Since it was founded the gallery has actively included in its work the realization of traveling exhibitions in the other district centres. It also realizes one-day expositions in the galleries, situated in the towns of Belogradchik and Bregovo and helps them methodically.
Directors of the art gallery from its opening till now were the following artists: Stephan Todorov - a self-taught artist and art teacher, Alexander Apostolov, Georgi Petrov, Valeri Nikiforov and Bogdan Alexandrov.
The material was prepared by Nicola Kolev |
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