Zahariy Zograf
Zahariy Zograf;Zahari Zograph
Place: Samokov
Born: 1810
Death: 1853
Biography:
Zahariy Hristovich Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Захарий Христович Димитров) (1810–1853), better known as Zahari Zograf or Zahariy Zograf; Захари(й) Зограф, is a famous Bulgarian painter of the Bulgarian National Revival. He was noted for his church mural paintings and icons and often regarded as the founder of secular art in Bulgaria due to the introduction of everyday life elements in his work.