Sculpture-Bulgaria

Sculpture - Bulgaria

Vaska Emanouilova was the first woman artist to leave a lasting mark on the Bulgarian sculpture society. She lived between 1905 and 1985, and graduated from the State Academy of Arts. Vaska Emanouilova worked mostly on portraits of famous people of her time, rural people’s lifestyle and the nature, and she liked using bronze, terracotta, and gypsum. Moreover, she loved painting and participated in several art exhibitions. A few months before her death, Emanouilova donated 90 of her works (sculptures, drawings, water colours) to the Sofia City Art Gallery. Today, one of the branches of this gallery is named after her and houses many displays.

Sources: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/bulgaria/articles/8-bulgarian-artists-you-need-to-know/ and https://veg.sghg.bg/en/ 

If you are in Sofia and would like to learn more, you can visit the Vaska Emanouilova Gallery (free entrance). Otherwise, you can enjoy a virtual tour.

For more information, please open this link: https://veg.sghg.bg/en/  

Painting taken from: https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/vaska-emanuilova/g1230274w?hl=en

Sculpture, drawing and water colour taken from: https://veg.sghg.bg/en/

* The painting (picture 1) is the ‘’Portrait of the Sculptress Vaska Emanuilova’’, by Ivan Nenov

* The sculpture (picture 2) is ‘’Rossitsa’’, by Vaska Emanouilova

* The drawing (picture 3) is the ‘’Working Woman’’, by Vaska Emanouilova

* The water colour (picture 4) is the ‘’Copper Rocks’’, by Vaska Emanouilova

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