Bencho Obreshkov

Bencho Yordanov Obreshkov (Bulgarian: Бенчо Йорданов Обрешков, April 27, 1899, Karnobat - April 8, 1970, Sofia) was a renowned Bulgarian painter.[1]

He graduated under Petko Klissurov and Ivan Angelov from the Sofia Academy of Fine Arts in 1920, and specialized in painting under Oskar Kokoschka and Otto Dix in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1926 and sculpture under Antoine Bourdelle, Paris in 1925—-1927.[2] He was a member of the "Native Arts" Union (1925), a member of the Union of the New Artists (1931), and its chairman (1937).

The painting by Obreshkov is innovative for Bulgarian art of the 1930s and has a special attention to color and form.

References

  1. ↑ Желязкова, Ивелина. "Известният живописец Бенчо Обрешков печели много престижни международни награди" (in Bulgarian). Zarata TV. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Бенчо Обрешков" (in Bulgarian). BgArt. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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