Bidspirit auction | Goshka Datsov (1885 - 1917)

Goshka Datsov (1885 - 1917) - Roman warrior, oil on canvas, 44х37 cm Goshka Savov Datsov was a Bulgarian painter, one of the first symbolist artists in Bulgaria. In 1907 he took part in a group exhibition in Sofia together with Nikola Mihaylov, Petar Morozov and Anna Hen-Josifova. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and travelled through France and Belgium. In 1914 he returned to Bulgaria and organised an exhibition with his canvases painted abroad. During the First World War he was mobilised as a war artist with the Fourth Division. Until his death on the Macedonian front in 1917 he left over 300 pencil sketches and 20 paintings from the front, among the best known of which is the canvas “The destroyed bridge at Knjazhevac” (1915). In addition to battle scenes, Datsov left numerous colourful landscapes, figure compositions, nudes and flower still lifes. His notable paintings include “Lady in red” (1914), “The Samaritan woman” (1913), “The dream of Mary Magdalene” (1914), “At sunset” (1914), “Harmony” (c. 1914), “Dance”, “Salome”, “Nude”, “Annunciation”, “Sorrow”, “Prayer”, “Italian motif”, “Torment”, “Inconsolable”, “Awakening”, “Flames”.