Gavril Atanasov

Gavril Atanasov

Gavril Atanasov (Bulgarian: Гаврил Атанасов) (1863–1951) was a prominent Macedonian icon painter in the 19th century from Berovo (Malesh region), in Ottoman Vardar Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia). His father was from Kruševo but moved to Berovo where Gavril was born in 1863. Gavril went to the Bulgarian school in Berovo.^[1] He painted around Berovo (Malesh region). Gavril Atanasov was the author of the icon of St. Demetrius in the church "Saint Demetrius" in Kyustendil, Bulgaria.^[2]

One of the monasteries where his painting can be found is the St. Arhangel Mihail Monastery in Berovo.^[3]

References

1. Василев, Асен. Български възрожденски майстори: живописци, резбари, строители. София, Наука и изкуство, 1965. с. 295.
2. Василев, Асен. Български възрожденски майстори: живописци, резбари, строители. София, Наука и изкуство, 1965. с. 726.
3. www.mpc.org.mk