Рецепцията на жените художнички в българската преса между двете световни войни
The Reception of Female Artists in Bulgarian Press Between Two World Wars

Summary/Abstract: The presence of female artists in Bulgaria’s cultural life and respectively, in the press has been discernible since the last decade of the nineteenth century to establish itself lastingly in the years immediately after WWI. As early as the 1920s, female presence in the fields of painting, statuary, prints, applied arts and illustration became an integral part of the art life in the capital and the country. Moreover, popular female portraitists, representatives of innovative to Bulgarian art movements and authors of salon paintings established themselves as active sculptors and writers of think pieces about art issues. The paper presents some aspects of the presence and reception of female artists in Bulgarian periodicals. Such periodicals as Literaturen Glas, Zaveti, Literaturen Chas, Zlatorog, Vezni, Izkkustvo i Kritika, Slovo, as well as some women’s magazines (Beseda/Dom i Sviat, Moderna Domakinia), etc., have been cited as sources. The emphasis is placed both on individual publications by female artists and covering their participations in reviews of general art exhibitions, etc.

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