Vasil Stoilov (1904 – 1990) – “Portrait of a girl”

The painting “Portrait of a girl” by Vasil Stoilov is the highlight of the month of June in Djurkovi Gallery.

I was trying not to get lost into the modern trends of the Paris school, but rather to master my own ideology and to aim at a personal understanding of human and nature by working hard and steadily, without repeating somebody else’s style. I admired the immense Renaissance artists, the later art periods in general, the 19th century artists, the contemporary artists, but I never let myself forget that I was a Shoppian man and a part of a nation not deprived of its traditions and culture.

Vasil Stoilov