The famous Bulgarian artist tsanko Lavrenov was born on Nov.24, 1896, in Plovdiv. He graduated fromt he French College in Plovdiv and then attended a private art school in Vienna (1920-21) but never graduated. After his coming back to Plovdiv, he joined the South Bulgarian Artists Association anf his first participation in a joint exhibition of these artists was in 1923, with eight paintings of his.
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On the photo above: Tsanko Lavrenov famous pinting "Blue Plovdiv"