Daria Vassilyanska
Daria Kozmova Vassilyanska (in Bulgarian Дария Козмова Василянска) (1928-2017) was a Bulgarian artist.
Biography
Daria Vassilyanska was born on 28 November 1928 in Varna, Bulgaria. Graduated the National Academy of Arts in Sofia in 1955, specialty painting, under Prof. Iliya Petrov.
Vassilyanska Lived and worked in Varna. She is wife of the Bulgarian theatre director Stancho Stanchev.
She was a free-lance artist. Works in the field of easel painting, stage design, monumental and decorative mural painting, decorative applied projects.
Beginning in 1959 she was a participant in national, group and regional exhibitions of the Union of the Bulgarian Artists.
Her works are property of 23 state art galleries in Bulgaria, various institutions and private collectors in Bulgaria and abroad.
She died on 4 December 2017.
Solo exhibitions
- 1974 – Gdansk The pavilions of BWA, Sopot, Poland
- 1975 – Exhibition Hall at 65 “Knyaz Boris I” – Varna
- 1975 – Lamartine museum, the Old town of Plovdiv
- 1976 – Gallery of the Union of the Bulgarian Artist "Shipka 6" Sofia
- 1976 – Göttingen, Germany
- 1977 – Art Fest – Oreshak
- 1998 – “The Ladies, the Ladies up on Stage” – “Art 36” Gallery, Sofia
- 1998 – Jubilee exhibition at the Varna City Gallery 'Boris Georgiev'
- 1999 – Sundry Pictures, TED gallery, Varna
- 1999 – Daria’s Cats, Georgi Velchev museum, Varna
- 2000 – Little Landscapes with the Sea, Gallery 8, Varna
- 2001 – Madonnas, Gallery 8, Varna
- 2001 – Grimaces and Smiles, Georgi Velchev museum, Varna
- 2002 – Madonnas, Art 36 Gallery, Sofia
- 2002 – Greetings, Bearers of Culture!, Gallery 8, Varna
- 2003 – The Threepenny Exhibition, Gallery 8, Varna
- 2004 – Seaside, Dyakov gallery, Plovdiv
- 2004 – Old-fashioned Exhibition, Artin gallery, Varna
- 2006 – Looking at Things More Beautiful, Artin gallery, Varna
- 2008 – Exhibition at “Zlatyu Boyadzhiev” Museum – Old Plovdiv
- 2008 – With These Ones I Feel Fine, Jubilee exhibition at the Varna City Gallery 'Boris Georgiev'
- 2014 – Smiles and Grimaces, at the Varna City Gallery 'Boris Georgiev'
- 2016 – Paper Paintings at the Varna City Gallery
- 2016 – Daria’s Cats – Second Hand at the House of Architect in Varna
- 2017 – In Memoriam – Varna City Gallery 'Boris Georgiev'
Monumental-decorative works
- 1974 Design for decorative metal grilles and ceramic panels – Dzhanavara, Varna
- 1974 Mural “Harmony” in the foyer of “Chernorizets Hrabar” Primary School, Varna
- 1977 Mural “Shipbuilding” – 250x500 cm – the foyer of Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Centre, Varna
External links
- exhibition The Daria's Cats – Second Hand
- exhibition 'Paper Paintings' at the Varna City Gallery
- exhibition 'Smiles and Grimaces' at the Varna City Gallery 'Boris Georgiev'
- painting of Daria Vassilyanska
- SBH-Varna
- bibliography – Plamena Dimitrova-Racheva
- catalogue
- Balkan Quadrinnale of Painting “Myths and Legends of my People”, 2004, Stara Zagora
- Public Library Varna
- Almanac "Bulgaria 20th century"
- Art Encyclopedia Varna,vol.1 ISBN 978-954-8493-32-1
- Жената в българското изобразително изкуство – Валентин Ангелов,Университетско издателство "Св. Кирил и Методий", 2012г., ISBN 978-954-524-857-3
- Bulletin of the UBA
- DARIYA VASSILYANSKA / VISUAL CHRONICLES/bureau artrecord
- Fond of Varna City Art Gallery
- Paper Paintings – BNT
- Monograph on Daria Vassilyanska's Painting,ISBN 978-619-7147-34-6, Compillers: Rumen Serafimov and Temenuga Stancheva,Editor: Rumen Serafimov, Graphic Design:Dimitar Traychev,Print:Helix Press - Varna 2018
- BNT 2
