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| Christine Tzekova aka Christy and Ivanka Petrova-Tzekov aka Vanet at their exhibition The Cabaret of Vanet and Christy, 2021 |
Vanet - professional artist and art aesthete
French artist of Bulgarian origin, born in 1956 in Sofia, Bulgaria, in a family of artists. She completed the French high school of Sofia in 1975 and graduated from the Fine Arts School of Sofia (field : painting) in 1982. Later on, she graduated from the college la Sorbonne Paris I with a Master in art aesthetics.
Vanet, dubbed the wonder child, has been painting since the age of four. The artist became quickly famous in her country and abroad.
Painting Pop Singer by Ivanka Petrova-Tzekov aka Vanet, known as Vania Petrova at ten years old.
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Vanet, her first French cancan, 1967, all rights reserved, Adagp Click
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| Film about the artist Vanet at the age of 18, The Unborn Girl dated 1974, by the National Bulgarian Television |
She is an artist with an outstanding career. After having escaped the Bulgarian communist dictatorship in 1983, Vanet has worked for Montmartre in Paris for many years. The parisian mood in her paintings attracts a large public. Nowadays hundreds of Vanet's paintings are spread in the whole world.
Vanet's talent, imagination, energy and optimism are unlimited. Each canvas is a new artistic research, a unique and distinctive one.
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| Ivanka Petrova-Tzekov dite Vanet, Cabaret, huile sur toile, 200, Paris Adagp Paris, tous droits réservés. All rights reserved |
Vanet's world appeals to the spectator and ranks the painter among the best contemporary artists.
| Ivanka Petrova Tzekov aka Vanet, French cancan, oil painting, 2016, All rights reserved, ADAGP Paris |
She works and lives in Paris, France. To learn more about her story: https://ivankapetrovavanet.blogspot.com/
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