Dimo Todorovski

Dimo Todorovski (Macedonian: Димо Тодоровски), (1910, Thessaloniki – 1983, Skopje), was a prominent Macedonian artist and a first generation Macedonian sculptor.[1]

Dimo Todorovski
Born(1910-12-11)11 December 1910
Thessaloniki, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (today in Greece)
Died23 April 1983(1983-04-23) (aged 72)
Skopje, Macedonia
NationalityMacedonian
Known forPainting, Drawing, Sculpture
Notable work
Mechkin Kamen

Education and career
Young Dimo Todorovski

In 1929–1935, he attended the Art School in Belgrade. From 1945 to 1979, he contributed to the formation of Umetnickata School in Skopje and became one of the first professors, where he retired in 1979. He is also a founding member of the Art Gallery in Skopje in 1949. In 1969 he was elected a corresponding member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[1]

Artistic style

His artistic style varied between lyric and epic dramatic and realistic academic treatment of form.[2]

Accomplishments

His works are part of the national collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje. During his life he realized a number of sculptures of different formats, portraits, and many public monuments around the country.[1]

His most famous is the monument at Mečkin Kamen (Bear's Rock) memorial in Kruševo, which has turned into one of the national symbols of the Republic of Macedonia.

He is considered to be originator of modern Macedonian sculpture.[2]

External links

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References
  1. Panorama – ОТВОРАЊЕ НА ИЗЛОЖБА НА ДИМО ТОДОРОВСКИ (03.12.2010)
  2. "Dimo Todorovski". DLUM Association of Artists of Macedonia. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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