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Radost G
1 contribution
Jun 2023 • Friends
The new exhibition of the Greek painter Gounaropoulous is very interesting and touching.
The donated paintings from his family in Athens is a real treasure for Sozopol -his birth place.
Very worthy to be visited.
The donated paintings from his family in Athens is a real treasure for Sozopol -his birth place.
Very worthy to be visited.
Written 2 July 2023
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Elisaveta Stantcheva
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Jun 2023
After the exhibition of his artworks organised in his native town in 1996, Gounaropoulos returns to Sozopol at the beginning of June 2023, with a permanent exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery.
One of the rooms of Sozopol’s old school has been renovated to accommodate the works that the artist’s granddaughters, Maria and Despina Gounaropoulou, donated to the Municipality of Sozopol in the spring of 2023.
'My town is called Sozopolis—we used to call it Zopoli—and it is located on the Black Sea in Bulgaria. It was built on a high rocky coast that looks like a long and narrow tongue.
I reminisce about Sozopol when I want to understand what art and obsession are, how possessed I am to apply in my artistic activity that which exists and is not visible.’
These reflections of Giorgos Gounaropoulos’ (1889–1977), expressed on Athens Radio in 1972, still echo in the memories of some of the elderly Sozopolians.
They knew that a famous artist had been born in their small seaside town, had gained recognition in Paris while still a young man, and had established his place among the most prominent Greek artists of his time; but they also knew that, after leaving Sozopol at the beginning of the 20th century, he never returned to his paternal abode again.
‘The more a person ages, the more he returns to his childhood visions’, said Gounaropoulos, whose oeuvre expresses the triumph of the light. Its sources, ‘the living feeling, which is most important in painting’, he sought and found in Sozopol.
One of the rooms of Sozopol’s old school has been renovated to accommodate the works that the artist’s granddaughters, Maria and Despina Gounaropoulou, donated to the Municipality of Sozopol in the spring of 2023.
'My town is called Sozopolis—we used to call it Zopoli—and it is located on the Black Sea in Bulgaria. It was built on a high rocky coast that looks like a long and narrow tongue.
I reminisce about Sozopol when I want to understand what art and obsession are, how possessed I am to apply in my artistic activity that which exists and is not visible.’
These reflections of Giorgos Gounaropoulos’ (1889–1977), expressed on Athens Radio in 1972, still echo in the memories of some of the elderly Sozopolians.
They knew that a famous artist had been born in their small seaside town, had gained recognition in Paris while still a young man, and had established his place among the most prominent Greek artists of his time; but they also knew that, after leaving Sozopol at the beginning of the 20th century, he never returned to his paternal abode again.
‘The more a person ages, the more he returns to his childhood visions’, said Gounaropoulos, whose oeuvre expresses the triumph of the light. Its sources, ‘the living feeling, which is most important in painting’, he sought and found in Sozopol.
Written 2 July 2023
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Andreea B
Bucharest, Romania42 contributions
Sept 2020
The lady from the entrance is very helpfull, she knows a lot, about the artists and the works shown in exhibition. At the time of our visit it is along of bulgarian contemporan painters an exhibitions with photos of old Szozopol from 1940-1960 or even older. It was very interesting to compare the nowaday s streets with the old ones. And the Art Gallery building itself it is special. It worth a walk
Written 14 September 2020
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Liliana N
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Sept 2020
Nice place with unique atmosphere and artists. We visited intersecting an exhibition of some Bulgarian artists and fall in love with the printings of Ivan Bahchevanov
Written 12 September 2020
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Sona K.
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Jul 2019 • Solo
Really nice gallery, small but interesting. Aside from commercial streets with tourist souvenirs, we were almost the only tourists there. I liked the paitings from Bulgarian artist on the groundfloor, they seem to be living due to their plasticity, motives with fish, ships, nice colors and intersting way of painting. You could turn a painting and everytime you can see something different. There are other pictures with Sozopol panorama and some macrophotos of sea fauna. It is situated in an old building of former school with nice view on the bay of Sozopol.
Written 10 July 2019
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Refuser
Harleston, UK411 contributions
Sept 2017 • Couples
Seems to have a changing display of artworks - paintings and sculpture when we visited. Free to visit.
Written 8 September 2017
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myfamilylincs
Skipton, UK1 231 contributions
Jun 2017 • Family
The art gallery is situated in the old town, right on the edge of the bay with lovely views acrooss the bay , the building is lovely and colourful , and have a walk inside and see the paintings and other arty items.
Written 6 June 2017
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niki101
London, UK764 contributions
Oct 2016 • Couples
We visited Sozopol in the middle of October and only small number of museums is open this time of the year but still, there is plenty to see. Town Art Gallery was one of them. It is situated in an old school building, which is a cultural landmark from 19th century. We were the only visitors until a Russian couple walked in. The lady at the gallery who welcomed us told us about her time at school as a pupil. She remembered how the school changed over the years and when it became a gallery.
The exposition itself was created in 1985. Set over two floors, it has paintings of Bulgarian and foreign artists. Notable is the collection “Old Sozopol” of local marine artists such as Yani Hrisopoulos. There was also a modern art from art students who were showing some interesting ideas such as the sculpture “Happiness in glass”.
Highly recommended!
The exposition itself was created in 1985. Set over two floors, it has paintings of Bulgarian and foreign artists. Notable is the collection “Old Sozopol” of local marine artists such as Yani Hrisopoulos. There was also a modern art from art students who were showing some interesting ideas such as the sculpture “Happiness in glass”.
Highly recommended!
Written 24 February 2017
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Claire H
14 contributions
Aug 2016
What a wonderful gem in Sozopol. The place is light and airy and has two floors of paintings. The time we visited there was an artist there who kindly gave us a guide of his first ever exhibition.
Written 30 August 2016
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sampo5
Moscow, Russia315 contributions
Aug 2023
There is both a permanent exhibition (several paintings and art objects) and periodically changing exhibitions, including an international exhibition dedicated specifically to Sozopol, updated every year. The exhibitions, which have been hanging for several years, deteriorate every year; in general, the gallery gives a rather neglected impression. Small concerts and literary performances are held (in particular, as part of the Apollonia international festival). Excellent views from the windows and from the open terrace behind the museum are a great opportunity to beat the heat of the day. Adult ticket 3 levs, open until 18:00 every day.
Written 25 August 2023
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