86. Portrait of Olga Bradistilova [1947]
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86. Portrait of Olga Bradistilova [1947]
1875, Dolna Bela reka, Varshec region - 1951, Sofia
Estimate:
EUR 4.000 - 6.000
oil paints on plywood, 81.5 x 66 cm
PROVENANCE
In Stefan Boyadzhiev's collection, grandson of the artist Stefan Ivanov, until 2008. Since 2008 in a private collection.
Along with Nikola Mihaylov, Stefan Ivanov is considered one of the most influential and significant portrait artists. Born in the village of Dolna Bela Rechka, Varshets, in 1875, Stefan Ivanov graduated from the Drawing School in the class of Ivan Markvichka in 1903. Four years later, he began teaching at the Drawing School and from 1914 served as a professor of painting, and during the period 1929–1931, when the school was renamed the Art Academy, he was its rector.
Stefan Ivanov’s portraits are characterized by their academic and precise drawing style. Especially during the 1920s–30s, Ivanov worked with clear form, tight composition, and very careful modeling of the face. In art historical literature, this period is associated with a neoclassical tendency in Bulgarian portraiture. In the "Portrait of Olga Bradistilova," the artist constructs a frontal composition typical of almost all his female portraits. A clean background (except for the painting hanging behind the subject’s left shoulder) and a strong contrast between the face and dark clothing are observed. This creates a very monumental, almost icon-like feeling. In the portrait of Bradistilova, the pose, gaze,
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