“THE WAR EVENTS THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST” SUBJECT

Module I : The Russian- Turkish war for Liberation in pictures

• With a sketch-book and a pencil in the battle- field – Russian, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Spanish and French painters impress in their work the military actions
• The works of Vereshchaghin from his “Balkan series”: “Shipka- Sheinovo”, ”Before an attack”, “After an attack” and the triptych “Everything is calm on Shipka”- a document about the most dramatic events in the newest Bulgarian history
• The huge production of the military painters- recognition in a special gallery in Sank Petersburg

Module II : The Serbo- Bulgarian war – a patriotic matter

• The baptism of fire of the Bulgarian battle art of painting

Module III : The Balkan wars in plastic arts and on canvas

• Artistic apotheosis of the unity nation and army
• The horror of the war, the pain of the peace

Module IV : World War I

• Meditation before the portrait of the general
• The creative heritage of Yaroslav Weshin, Boris Denev, Vladimir Dimitrov- the master, Nikola Kovuharov, Dimitar Guidjenov