Nikolay Diulgheroff was a Bulgarian

Bulgarians

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 artist, designer and architect who was active in Italy

Italy

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 as a prominent representative of interwar Italian Futurism

Futurism

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 (il secondo Futurismo).

Biography

Diulgheroff was born in Kyustendil

Kyustendil

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, a town in the western part of the Principality of Bulgaria

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, to a printer father. In 1920 and 1921, he studied at the University of Applied Arts

University of Applied Arts Vienna

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 in Vienna

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, Austria

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. The following year he studied in Dresden

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, Germany

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, and in 1923 he enrolled at the original Bauhaus

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', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...

 in Weimar

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, where he was close to Swiss

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 expressionist Johannes Itten

Johannes Itten

Johannes Itten was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus school...

. While a student in Germany, Diulgheroff exhibited his art in Berlin

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 and Dresden. In 1924, he had his separate exhibition in Sofia

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, the capital of Bulgaria

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.

In 1926, Diulgheroff settled in Turin

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, Italy

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, to study architecture at the Accademia Albertina, graduating in 1932. Bringing with him a characteristically Central Europe

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an constructivist

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 culture, he was introduced to many of the eminent Italian futurists, such as Fillia

Fillìa

Fillìa was the name adopted by Luigi Colombo, an Italian artist associated with the second generation of Futurism.-Biography:Fillìa was born in Revello, Piedmont....

, and adopted that style. Diulgheroff created his most notable works in the 1920s and 1930s. Some of his art is exhibited in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

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 in Rome

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. He contributed to the Futurist meals

Futurist meals

Futurist meals comprised a cuisine and style of dining advocated by some members of the Futurist movement, particularly in Italy. These meals were first proposed in Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Fillia's Manifesto of Futurist Cooking, published in the Turin Gazzetta del Popolo on December 28,...

 formulated in Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti was an Italian poet and editor, the founder of the Futurist movement, and a fascist ideologue.-Childhood and adolescence:...

 and Fillia's 1930 Manifesto of Futurist Cooking: the dish pollofiat was his idea and he co-designed the interior of the Taverna Santopalato, the prime establishment for futurist cuisine. He created posters for Cinzano

Cinzano

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 and Amaro Cora and advertising for Campari

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. Diulgheroff was part of leading futurist exhibitions throughout the 1920s and 1930s, such as those in Turin, Leipzig

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, Paris

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, Florence

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, Barcelona

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, Mantua

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 and Venice

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Diulgheroff died in Turin, the city where he spent 56 years, in 1982. Diulgheroff remained active as an artist almost until his death. He is an honorary citizen of Turin and art historian Enrico Crispolti considers him the greatest of all interwar artists.