VELEVI Part 2 Dimiter & Maria / Father and daughter / The opening of the ehibition Film Part 2

Help the needy Foundation and the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Bulgaria organized at the Gallery Sredetz an exceptional cultural event the opening of the exhibition THE MAGIC OF FORMS AND FEELINGS. In the exhibition are included original carpet designs of Dimiter Velev
/1896 1978/ a known Bulgarian manufacturer and designer of carpets, painter and scientist from the beginning of the last century. In the year 1937 he was awarded a GRAND PRIX at the Exposition International des ARTS et des TECHNIQUE Paris 1937. He also won an award at International handcraft exhibition in the year 1938 in Berlin.
The deep knowledge of the technique, color and ornaments of carpets of Bulgaria and in the world give to the carpet designs of Dimiter Velev a true historical meaning.




The carpet designs of Dimiter Velev show the art of Bulgarian carpet as an inseparable part and sometimes even the basis of historical development of the craft of carpet making in the word
In this exhibition are shown also oil canvases of the painter Maria Veleva, daughter of Dimiter Velev. In her works can clearly be seen the continuity and intransitivity of the folk tradition. Maria Veleva is one of the authors together with her husband the journalist Ilia Karadimov of the unique not only in Bulgaria but in the world book on dyeing with natural dyes obtained from plant THE PALETTE OF GODS. The exhibition THE MAGIC OF FORMS AND FEELINGS and the presentation of the book THE PALETTE OF GODS are part of the serious actions that our Foundation and society as a whole undertake to accomplish the aims of UNESCO Convention for Preservation of Immaterial Cultural Heritage. Dr.Georgi Naydenov,PhD MANAGING DIRECTOR

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