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Age: 44
Hometown: Veliko Tarnovo
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| Biography | Radoslav Dobrev Hristov was born in Ruse (Bulgaria) in 1974. He began his artistic education in the National High School of Fine Arts in Sofia. In 2001 he concluded his Master’s Degree in Christian Iconography at the Theological Faculty of Veliko Tarnovo University.
The creative process of the iconographer Radoslav is oriented towards a revival of the icon. Just like the monks icon-painters from the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai (Egypt) between the tenth and the thirteenth century, the author tries to show visible “the invisible”. The light in his icons acquires specific symbolism and a particular meaning and tries to overcome the ¨world of apparencies¨ and to penetrate the ¨veracious¨ world. |
| Interests | In order to render the idea of light as ¨divine energy¨ the gilded surfaces are burnished and polished in various ways. Painting directly on the gold with semitransparent colors, the Sinai monks and the author transmit to us their vision about the world saved by ¨God’s grace¨ which “transfers into light everything it illuminates”. |
| Music | The light and the observer participate into the work, because every change in their position causes a different perception of it: some flashes of light appear, others die out, some colors ¨inflame¨, and others darken. The optical effects achieved are impossible for photography to capture and it is just as impossible to imitate them using other means distinct from the original technique. |
| Films | In our days, the iconographer Radoslav Dobrev Hristov, impressed by the unique effect of the Sinai icons, has achieved a revival of the secrets of the technique of the Byzantine Sinaitic icon, which cannot, unfortunately, be found in medieval tracts and manuals that have reached us; there are no contemporary studies dedicated to this topic. |
| Television | After more than ten years of self-study, practice, research and experimentation, the author has explored and revived various medieval techniques of painting and gilding. He has thus reached the stage of communicating the ideal of spiritual perfection as a dynamic process of light and color, technically, aesthetically and artistically on an excellent level. Within the history of iconography, this achievement makes his creations true master works and among contemporary icons, probably the most beautiful in the world. |
| Books | After more than ten years of self-study, practice, research and experimentation, the author has explored and revived various medieval techniques of painting and gilding. He has thus reached the stage of communicating the ideal of spiritual perfection as a dynamic process of light and color, technically, aesthetically and artistically on an excellent level. Within the history of iconography, this achievement makes his creations true master works and among contemporary icons, probably the most beautiful in the world. |
| Heroes | 2001 - “Matea” Gallery in Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria)
2003 - W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem (Israel)
2007 – Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence (Italy)
2008 – Royal Museum at San Joaquin y Santa Ana Monastery in Valladolid (Spain) |
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jerzy_kurnicki
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Posted on: 16th Sep 2011 18:08
I really enjoy your work!!!
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Christine
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Posted on: 18th Nov 2009 16:11
Love your Work!
just amazing..
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Frankie
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Posted on: 12th Sep 2009 13:58
I love this! I appreciate your art. I want to look at it again and again. :)
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Lime
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Posted on: 27th Oct 2008 23:59
Beautiful ART Spirit Radohri.
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Tox
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Posted on: 14th May 2008 2:39
Give us a little bio. Like the Eastern Orth style. John
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Badri
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Posted on: 11th May 2008 11:16
Welcome to the site
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lidiasimeonova
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Posted on: 11th May 2008 2:29
Chudesni ikoni Rado (nadiavam se tova da e imeto). Interesen mi e fonat na ikonite - izglegda kato metalna plocha, ili....I sam zavarshila vav Veliko Tarnovo. Obicham tozi grad, palen e sas spomeni ot studentskite godini. Privet! Lidia
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SallyMae
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Posted on: 9th May 2008 17:14
beautiful
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Sarah
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Posted on: 9th May 2008 12:00
Hi, don't forget to email your friends about your new My Art Profile URL! Send them a link to your new page http://www.myartprofile.com/radohri.
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Jasna
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Posted on: 8th May 2008 17:01
LOVE YOUR ICONS,GREAT WORK.i I WISH I COULD DO GILDING AS GOOD AS YOU.BEST REGARDS FROM JASNA.IT WILL BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE A LOOK AT MY ICON GALLERY.
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NV
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Posted on: 8th May 2008 10:08
excellent work ,all very profesional!!!
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jh
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Posted on: 7th May 2008 23:22
Welcome radohri, great work, inspiring.
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Soumen
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Posted on: 7th May 2008 18:58
Hi, welcome to MyArtProfile. Great-soumen
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Artistatwork
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Posted on: 7th May 2008 16:28
Hi, welcome to MyArtProfile. Great icons, really moving. Margaret, Artist at Work, http://artist-at-work.co.uk
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creative
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Posted on: 7th May 2008 15:17
Beautiful work. Welcome!
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Brischit
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Posted on: 7th May 2008 12:30
You have great work here and welcome to this site ! Brigitte
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Sarah
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Posted on: 6th May 2008 21:53
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