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Виенският и мюнхенският период в обучението на Николай Павлович
The Vienna and Munich Periods in Nikolay Pavlovich's Education

Author(s): Blagovesta Ivanova
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките

Summary/Abstract: This article examines and systematizes facts from the period when Revival-era artist Nikolay Pavlovich studied at the art academies in Vienna and Munich. To this end, authentic archival materials preserved in the archives of both academies, as well as the artist’s document archive at the National Library in Plovdiv, have been used. Thanks to them, we can clarify the artist’s educational stages, academic subjects and teachers. Against this documented background, the artist’s academic studies are examined in chronological order, as well as similar works by other students that have been preserved in the same collections. The juxtaposed documents and artistic works reveal a discrepancy in terms of educational stages and work completed. It is very clear that in the early stages of his studies, he completed tasks typical for more advanced students. This inconsistency between the facts found in the documents and the academic exercises raises doubts about their authorship. The artist was driven by his desire to keep the majority of his academic studies in order to be able to use them in his future work. A comparison of the documents with the teachers’ names and the students works offered the opportunity to define the types of compositions and exercises that were assigned during the course of study, as well as the works of art copied as part of the educational program. A clearer picture is developed of the studies completed during his Vienna period, with their multifarious styles and differing artistic levels. His Munich period remains more sketchy, when to a certain extent the artist repeated individual elements learned during his academic training, creating studies in oil as well as freehand drawings.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 54-61
  • Page Count: 8