35. Morning mist

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35. Morning mist

Genko Genkov

1923, Choba - 2006, Sofia

Estimate:

EUR 800 - 1.500

Sold

EUR 4.500

watercolour on paper laid on cardboard, 56.5 x 39 cm, 56,5 Ã 39 cm

At first glance, this early work of Genko Genkov is uncharacteristic and different from his generally known and familiar style. But in the early years of his work, he worked mainly in the watercolor technique. His first solo exhibition, organized immediately after graduating from the Burgas Men's High School in 1941 at the Girls' High School in Burgas, includes 60 watercolor works. His landscapes from Bulgaria are preserved, which are completely in the spirit of the classical realistic landscape. who studies the difficult and capricious technique of watercolor. The composition "Morning Mist" is performed in the transparent-silver range characteristic of his early works. which are extremely rare and are very valuable to connoisseurs because they show the process of building the plastic language of the author. They show a stage on the way to reaching his individual style, which is well known to the public. In the early works of the late 1950s and early 1960s, his painting is delicate and chamber. In the following decades, Genko Genkov created landscape compositions in bright color combinations, which became an emblem of his style. The artwork "Morning Mist" was gifted by the artist to his relatives after participating in his first solo exhibition - watercolor in Sofia, from January 12 to February 5, 1966 in the SBH gallery at 6 Ruski Blvd. The signature on the back of the artwork: "Genko Ivanov Genkov, Galichitsa, Watercolor" - "Galichitsa" is the name of the street where Genko Genkov's studio was located in Sofia. (S.N.)

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