Svetlin Roussev - Artist Info

About Svetlin Roussev

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Svetlin Rusev
  • Biography

    Svetlin Roussev was born in Pleven, Bulgaria in 1939, and in ?1959, he graduated from the Art Academy, Sofia, where he studied painting under Professor Dechko Ouzounov.?

    From 1961 on he took part in art exhibitions in Bulgaria. ?He lived in Pleven until 1967 (he spent about a year in Rousse from 1961 to 1962).? From 1967 on he has livef and worked in Sofia.

    Svetlin Roussev has received numerous awards for his work.

    The main awards he was granted in Bulgaria are: Gold Medal and First Prize from the First Youth Exhibition, 1961; Dimitrov Award, 1968; Zahari Zograf Prize for Painting, 1973; The International Painting Trienale Prize, Sofia, 1974; The International Painting Trienale Prize, Sofia, 1974; Grand Prix of the Bu...

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