Georges Papazoff
Classical Surrealism Oil paintingDrawingFrottage
About
Georges (Georgi) Papazoff was a Bulgarian artist born in 1894 in Yambol, Bulgaria, who became a significant figure in early Surrealism. He studied and worked in Prague, Munich, and Berlin, where he engaged with German Expressionists, before settling in France in 1924. His career spanned multiple avant-garde movements including Expressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Dadaism, and Surrealism, earning recognition as a forerunner of abstract surrealism alongside artists like Miró, Ernst, Masson, and Malkin.
Surrealism with influences from Expressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, and Dadaism; known for dreamlike imagery, abstract forms, marine themes, Dordogne landscapes, and 'Bathers' series
Selected Exhibitions
- Georges Papazoff – The Illuminator (National Gallery, Bulgaria)
- Georges Papazoff From The Gueorgui Vassilev Collection (90 Years Later)