11. Old Prague [1967]
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11. Old Prague [1967]
1903, Brezovo - 1976, Plovdiv
Estimate:
EUR 15.000 - 25.000
oil paints on canvas, 80.5 x 59 cm, Signed and dated lower right in black, "Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, (19)67"
Zlatyu Boyadzhiev was born in 1903 in the village of Brezovo. He died in 1976 in Plovdiv. He graduated with a specialization in "Painting" from the Art Academy under Prof. Tzeno Todorov in 1932. He painted in genres such as figurative composition, portrait, and landscape. His work distinctly features two main periods – until 1951, when due to a serious illness he temporarily ceased working, and after 1953, when he began to paint with his left hand.
During the second period, the artist enriched the substantive side of his creativity and expanded his incredible imagination. His paintings incorporate the primal force of reality, colored and mixed with the wondrous, fantastical, and paradoxical. In his mature creative period, which was especially prolific, the artist created numerous works filled with dramatic power and expression, attracting viewers with their color, brushwork, and depth of story.
The composition "Old Prague" reveals the artist as an extremely intrigued architectural painter, highlighting his great regard for the forms, colors, and composition of the buildings in the old city of Prague from the vantage point of Charles Bridge. The figures of passersby on the bridge are juxtaposed with the well-known
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