All Zahari Zograf's oil paintings
ID Image  Oil Pantings, Sorted from A to Z     Other Information
61649 Mary with the young Jesus, Mary with the young Jesus, Mary with the young Jesus, chirch Archangel, Bachkovo Monastery
61647 One of the mural self portraits of Zahari Zograf, One of the mural self portraits of Zahari Zograf, One of the mural self-portraits of Zahari Zograf, National Art Gallery, Sofia
61650 Portrait of Neofit Rilski Portrait of Neofit Rilski Portrait of Neofit Rilski (1838), National Art Gallery, Sofia
61651 Saints Cyril and Methodius Saints Cyril and Methodius Saints Cyril and Methodius (1848), Troyan Monastery
61648 The circle of life, The circle of life, The circle of life, Transfiguration Monastery, Veliko Tarnovo
Zahari Zograf
(1810?C1853), better known as Zahari Zograf (or Zahariy Zograf) is arguably the most famous Bulgarian painter of the Bulgarian National Revival, noted for his church mural paintings and icons and often regarded as the founder of secular art in Bulgaria due to the introduction of everyday life elements in his work. Zahari Zograf was born in the town of Samokov in 1810 and was taught by his brother Dimitar Zograf, with whom he later worked together, as his father died early. A spiritual student of Neophyte of Rila since 1827, he became an equal partner of his brother at the age of 21 in 1831, i.e. he was proclaimed a master. His best known icons are those of the SS Constantine and Helen Church in Plovdiv, the Church of the Theotokos in Koprivshtitsa, as well as a number of monasteries. Zahari Zograf's best known frescoes are those in the main church of the Rila Monastery, in the chapel and the St Nicholas church of the Bachkovo Monastery, the Troyan Monastery and the Monastery of the Transfiguration. He painted three mural portraits of himself in the latter three, a move that was regarded as controversial during the time. . Related Artists to : | PARMIGIANINO | Johann Wilhelm Preyer | Bartolommeo Caporali | Jerome-Martin Langlois | James Gay Sawkins |