55. Tunisian landscape [1980s]

Nayden Petkov was born on May 16, 1918 in the village of Vidrare. He graduated painting at the Art Academy in Sofia in 1942 under prof. Nikola Ganushev. He becomes a Rector of the Academy of Arts from 1985 to 1987. Works in the field of figurative composition, portraiture and landscape. He creates drawings with chalk and charcoal, monotypes and rich pictorial work. Nayden Petkov also works as an artist - director of Bulgarian feature films. Participated in general art exhibitions in Bulgaria, as well as in many international exhibitions. He organizes solo exhibitions in our country, in Algeria, Tunisia, Berlin, etc. The painting "Landscape from Tunisia" is characteristic of the mature work of the artist from the beginning of the 1980s. It presents a panoramic view of a peninsula with exotic architecture – a castle with three pointed towers and Moorish arches. Pine trees and fishing boats are symmetrically located around it. The composition is built with the artist's characteristic contrast between golden ocher and saturated ultramarine. There is also the contrast specific to his style between the dense application of local tone and the transparent spilling of the thinned paint, which drips down the lower part of the canvas. A bird's-eye view, the symmetrical arrangement of the elements and the characteristic architecture, the golden ocher of the grounds and the azure sea create a fairy-tale atmosphere. This canvas lacks the ascetic atmosphere in Nayden Petkov's landscapes, which makes it rare and valuable as an artistic fact. (S.N.)

Dimensions

width 69 cm, height 55 cm

Description

oil on canvas, signed bottom left, in brown, "Найд. П."

Dating

1980s

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