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Julii Minchev (1923–2006), in April 2023 an seal it, transferring it to the paper. Some of these
exhibition of early works of his opened at the drawings are, without exaggeration, virtuosic –
“Grafikart” Gallery in Sofia. His daughter – documentally true, but also with an artistic flair.
Desislava Mincheva, also a prominent artist His engravings – from the earliest to the last
and Professor at the National Academy of Art, – bring expressiveness, drama, monumentality
shared about the exhibited works: “Incredibly and dynamism”.
accurate and artistic drawings, as it seems to Julii Minchev is among the founders of the
me, no one does and will not do anymore. Friends of India Club and has made a significant
Because the people and the world are already contribution to its activities, especially to the
different... He sat in front of ordinary houses publication of the Club’s annual “Svetilnik” – he
and in the fields, in Mongolia, along the Volga, gave it the name and shaped its graphic design
in Balchik and on the ports and tried to catch from 1997 (when the first issue appeared) until
everything – with love and in measure. And to his last day.