6. Market [1917]
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6. Market [1917]
1862, Stara Zagora - 1930, Sofia
Estimate:
EUR 2.000 - 3.000
charcoal on paper, 32.5 x 42.5 cm, Signed and dated lower left in pencil, "Ant. Mitov, 1917."
PROVENANCE
In Stefan Boyadzhiev's collection, grandson of the artist Stefan Ivanov, until 2008. Since 2008 in a private collection.
Few figures are as clearly significant, influential, and foundational in the pantheon of Bulgarian artists as Anton Mito (1862-1930). Anton Mito was born in 1862 in Eski Zhara (modern-day Stara Zagora) into a family of merchants. In 1880, Mito traveled to Italy to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence in the class of Prof. Giuseppe Chiarafi. In 1896, together with Ivan Markvicha and Boris Shats, Mito founded the State Drawing School, which was renamed the State Academy of Arts in 1921. There, he taught art history, perspective, and drawing methodology. He also served as director of the art school during 1912–1918 and 1924–1927. Mito was an extremely active promoter of art, publishing hundreds of materials and giving lectures and talks across the country. He also wrote art criticism and journalism, including the series "Letters on Bulgaria." Along with Markvicha, he co-created and edited the magazine "Art." Anton Mito was also an associate member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1918.
Mito is especially known for his genre scenes—markets, streets, people, and everyday life in
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