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Dora Boneva (, born 11 April 1936) is a
Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
n painter. She was born in
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, Bulgaria, and lives in
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, Bulgaria.


Life

Boneva was born in 1936 and she received her master's degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. She studied painting under the guidance of the academician Dechko Uzunov. She took part in many national art exhibitions and in numerous Bulgarian art presentations in foreign countries.Dora Boneve: Artist
events.bg She has won awards from the Union of Bulgarian Artists, from the government of Sofia, from the Institut Culturel de Solenzara in Paris, a silver medal from the French Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1981 she has been a corresponding member of the European Academy of Sciences, Art, and Literature, with head office in Paris. In 1989, 1990 and 1993, Boneva took part in the Autumn Salon in Paris. She was selected as artist-in-residence by the Griffis Art center in
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, USA in 1994–1995. Boneva has three paintings in the collection of
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.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boneva, Dora 1936 births Living people People from Gabrovo 21st-century Bulgarian painters 21st-century Bulgarian women artists Bulgarian women painters 21st-century women artists