Borislav Traikovski
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Borislav Traikovski (1917–1996) is a Macedonian painter. One of the most famous Macedonian painters, Borislav Traikovski was born on June 15, 1917, in Bitola. He died on October 11, 1996, in Bitola.
In 1937, he began his studies at the Architecture department of the Technical Faculty in Belgrade, which were interrupted by World War II in 1941, and required his return in Bitola. In the period between 1944 and 1947 he taught arts at a primary school in his home town.[1]
In 1951 Borislav Traikovski, Mile Korubin and Risto Lozanovski were the first Macedonians graduates from Academy for fine arts in Belgrade. During his education, Traikovski studied with a number of teachers (Gjorge Andreevic – Kun, Ljubica Sokić, Kosta Hakman, Ivan Tabaković) whose methods often conflicted with his own. After 1951, he returned to his native Bitola and became employed as a professor at the Gymnasium and Teacher's school. While he was a member of the Society of Fine Artists of Macedonia, he spent time on a study trip to Italy in 1954 and Paris in 1961.[1]
In 1960, he started working as an associate professor of the Technical Faculty in Skopje; however, he quit after only a few days and returned to Bitola saying: "If I had to move and not be able to see the blue skyline of Bitola, I am sure, I would have stopped painting."[1]
The academic painter Borislav Traikovski exhibited in many cities in the country and abroad independently or as a part of collective in Bitola, Prilep, Skopje, Struga Belgrade, Zagreb, London, Bradford, Ferara, Paris.[2]
Painting Style
A large number of his landscapes, still lifes and portraits reflect discernible influences of Rouault and Konjovic. In some of his paintings of his last phase he changed his expressionist style to move into abstraction.[3]
