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Dimo Todorovski ( Macedonian: Димо Тодоровски; 1910 in
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Two years after his birth, his family returned to his hometown of Prilep, then in Ottoman Empire. In 1917, his father died, and from 1920 to 1929 he resided in a Yugoslav Home for War Orphans in Bitola. In 1929–1935, he attended the art school in Belgrade. From 1945 to 1979, he contributed to the formation of an art school in Skopje and became one of the first professors, a position from which Todorovski retired in 1979. He was also a founding member of the art gallery in Skopje in 1949. In 1969 he was elected a corresponding member of the
Works of Dimo Todorovski
Thessaloniki
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– 1983 in Skopje
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), was a prominent Macedonian artist and sculptor.Panorama – ОТВОРАЊЕ НА ИЗЛОЖБА НА ДИМО ТОДОРОВСКИ (03.12.2010)/ref>
Education and career
Two years after his birth, his family returned to his hometown of Prilep, then in Ottoman Empire. In 1917, his father died, and from 1920 to 1929 he resided in a Yugoslav Home for War Orphans in Bitola. In 1929–1935, he attended the art school in Belgrade. From 1945 to 1979, he contributed to the formation of an art school in Skopje and became one of the first professors, a position from which Todorovski retired in 1979. He was 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
The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts () is an academic institution in North Macedonia.
History
The Academy of Sciences and Arts was established by the Socialist Republic of Macedonia's assembly on 23 February 1967 as the highest scientifi ...
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Artistic style
His artistic style varied between lyric and epic dramatic and realistic academic treatment of form.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
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better re ...
, and many public monuments around the country.
His most famous is the monument at Mečkin Kamen (Bear's Rock) memorial in Kruševo
Kruševo ( ; "Crușuva") is a town in North Macedonia. In Macedonian language, Macedonian the name means the 'place of pear trees'. It is the highest town in North Macedonia and one of the highest in the Balkans, situated at an altitude of over ...
, which has turned into one of the national symbols of the Republic of North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
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He is considered to be the founder of Macedonian sculpting.
External links
Works of Dimo Todorovski
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Todorovski, Dimo 1910 births 1983 deaths Artists from Thessaloniki People from Salonica vilayet Macedonian sculptors Macedonian painters Macedonian artists 20th-century sculptors Yugoslav painters