Tsanko Lavrenov 1896 - 1978

A unique edition of its kind, which includes high-quality photos of almost all of Tsanko Lavrenov's paintings. It also contains texts dedicated to the artist, written by the best Bulgarian art critics, as well as memories about him, shared personally by his grandson Lavren Petrov. Tsanko Lavrenov is among the names in our cultural history for whom it seems that everything has already been said. Even during his lifetime, he received high praise as an artist and an authority in the cultural life of Bulgaria between the 1930s and 1970s, today he will seem extremely familiar to many. Another meeting with him, however, confronts us with a number of unanswered questions, both regarding the study of his work specifically and analyzing it in a broader context than has been considered so far, as well as general processes in the history of Bulgarian art, in which Lavrenov as an artist has a direct participation, art critic, public figure.

The Legacy of Tsanko Lavrenov, by Lavren Petrov
Tsanko Lavrenov: Between the Modern and the Canon, by Aneliya Nikolaeva
The 1920s: the Period of His Early Oeuvre, by Dr Ruzha Marinska
Tsanko Lavrenov's Oeuvre in the 1930s and 1940s: In Pursuit of a National Style, by Aneliya Nikolaeva
Tsanko Lavrenov and the Earthly Garden of the Holy Mother of God, by Dr Vladimir Dimitrov
Tsanko Lavrenov's Late Oeuvre, by Aneliya Nikolaeva
Tsanko Lavrenov's Graphic Art, by Dr Stanislava Nikolova
Tsanko Lavrenov as an Art Historian and Critic, by Dr Katya Tineva
Annexes

• Life and Oeuvre in Dates, compiled by Aneliya Nikolaeva
• Catalogue of Other Artwork, compiled by Lavren Petrov
• Discovered, Restored and Unpublished Works, compiled by Lavren Petrov
• Bibliography, compiled by Janet Miteva