За дейността на тревненските зографи в Северна Добруджа
On the Activities of the Icon Painters from Tryavna in Northern Dobrudzha

Summary/Abstract: In the middle of the l9th century the activity of the icon painters from Tryavna spread out very actively in the whole of Dobrudzha. And if their artistic heritage in the boundaries of the present Bulgarian lands is comparatively well known, we cannot state the same about Northern Dobrudzha. In June 2008 specialists from the Regional Museum of History in Dobrich, the Specialized Museum on Carving and icon painting in Tryavna and the Regional Museum of History in Varna with the active support of the Varna-Preslav Bishop’s Residence held a scientific expedition in the region of the city Constanta and Tulcea. Discovered and photographed were over 300 icons and wood carvings, mainly dated from the middle of the 19th century, which were preserved in Romanian churches and monasteries. The icon painters, who had worked in these regions, were representatives of the two best icon-painting families from Tryavna - Vitanov and Zaharievski. Three churches were discovered which had preserved in their Revival style, as well as icons in the museum collections of the churches and monasteries. Among those most impressive was the collection from the monastery ‘Sv. Troitsa’ (Kokosh). Since the collected material is of great volume, this article examines only the works of the painters from the Vitanov family.

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