Dimo Todorovski

Dimo Todorovski
Born 11 December 1910
Thessaloniki (today in Greece)
Died 23 April 1983 (aged 72)
Skopje, Macedonia
Nationality Macedonian
Known for Painting, Drawing, Sculpture
Notable work Mechkin Kamen

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

Education and Career

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 Mechkin Kamen (Bear's Rock) memorial in Krushevo, 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]

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