Ivan Nenov

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Ivan Nenov
Born	(1902-05-17)May 17, 1902 Sofia, Bulgaria
Died	September 4, 1997(1997-09-04) (aged 95) Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian
Known for	Painting
Spouse(s)	Ekaterina Savova-Nenova

Ivan Nenov (Bulgarian: Иван Василев Ненов) (1902–1997) was a Bulgarian painter.^[1]

Biography[]

Nenov was born on May 17, 1902 in Sofia.^[1] He was the husband of Ekaterina Savova-Nenova. He was member of the Bulgarian Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 1940s his studio was destroyed in the bombings of Sofia during World War II.^[2]

In the 1950s Nenov was prohibited from exhibiting his paintings, and dismissed from the Academy of Fine Arts for being a Formalist. Subsequently, he began working with clay.^[2]

Nenov died on April 9, 1997 in Sofia.^[1]

In 2012 the Sofia City Art Gallery held a retrospective of Nenov's work.^[2]

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