“Dimitar Dobrovich” Art Gallery – Sliven, dates back to 1905. In his will, the Renaissance artist Dimitar Dobrovich left 14 of his works to his hometown. With them, the young artist Yordan Kyuvliev arranges the first exhibition in the library of the “Zora” community center.
Later, the bequeathed 40 works by Zoitsa Kyuvlieva – mother of the tragically deceased artist Yordan Kyuvliev – were added to these works. In 1965, the “Dimitar Dobrovich” HG was established as an independent cultural institute with its own exhibition building and with the official name – “Dimitar Dobrovich” art gallery.
Today, the gallery owns over 6,000 works of art – painting, graphics, sculpture, applied art, icons and church utensils. The collection includes works from the 17th century to the present day. Two significant collections – “Western European graphics” from the 19th-20th centuries – a donation from Prof. Bogomil Raynov and “Japanese Engravings” from the XVIII-XIX centuries, present the foreign department at the “Dimitar Dobrovich” HG – Sliven. The gallery has opened four permanent exhibitions:
• Contemporary Bulgarian art
• Old Sliven
• Christian art
• Western European graphics
Two permanent expositions of the Dimitar Dobrovich Art Gallery – “Christian Art” and “Contemporary Bulgarian Art” – have been opened in the “Sirak Skitnik” hall.
The permanent exhibition “Christian Art” was opened in 2005. It presents icons, engravings, church utensils, wood carvings and stone sculpture from the Sliven region, dating from the 17th-19th centuries. The exhibition includes icons from representatives of the Trevne Art School: Pope Vitan, Simeon Tsonyuv, Ioannikiy Papa Vitanov, Krastyu Zahariev, Angel Tsonyuv, Yordan Mihailovich, Nedko Teodorovich and others. The permanent exhibition “Contemporary Bulgarian Art” presents contemporary Bulgarian art from the 19- th century to the present day.
The exhibition includes over 100 works of art – painting, graphics and sculpture. In it, the central place is occupied by the works of the Renaissance artist Dimitar Dobrovich, which marked the beginning of the art gathering in Sliven / 1905/. The exhibition traces the main stages of the development of Bulgarian art, from its secular beginnings to the present day, represented by the most bright artists: Yordan Kyuvliev, Alexander Bozhinov, Nikola Mihailov, Elena Karamihailova, Elisaveta Konsulova-Vazova, Nikola Tanev, Sirak Skitnik, Ivan Milev, Vladimir Dimitrov-Maistora, Nikolai Rainov, Kiril Petrov, Bencho Obreshkov, Stoyan Venev, Nenko Balkanski, Boris Denev, Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, David Perets, Vasil Barakov, Ivan Nenov, Dechko Uzunov and others.
Entrance fees:
Single ticket for adults – BGN 5.
Single ticket for pupils, students, pensioners – BGN 3.
Speech in Bulgarian. language – BGN 10.
The last Thursday of the month – free entry.
Contacts:
Address: Sliven, 8800, 13 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd
Phone: – 044/ 622 083; 0892 218 198
