Petar Mazev (February 10, 1927 in

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) was a Macedonian academic painter, who is considered one of the most important postwar painters who introduced new energy into contemporary Macedonian art.

Education and career

He graduated from the Academy of arts in

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in 1953 where he studied under painter Zoran Petrovic."Petar Mazev." The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press, Inc., 2002. Answers.com 03 Jul. 2013. He was professor at the Faculty of Architecture in

. He had held individual exhibitions in the

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and other countries. He was a member of the artistic group "Mugri".

Painting Style

Expressionism was a constant presence in his paintings, but before choosing expressionism, he went through several phases including his White Phase and Warm Phase. In the mid-1960s, Mazev started to include in his non-figurative paintings in muted colours and rendered in dense and grainy impasto with materials such as burnt wooden plates, glass, scrap-metal sheets, and sand. In addition to paintings (mostly oil on canvas), he was also the author of murals, mosaics and ceramic arts.

Paintings

Image:Clowns by Petar Mazev.jpg, Clowns, 1990 by Petar Mazev

References

External links

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