Ivan Marvichka was invited by the East Rumeliya government to teach painting in Plovdiv. This short-lived adventure of the then 25-year-old boy eventually continued for forty years, bringing Bulgaria countless positives and donating it to her invaluable son.

He is among the founders of our first art company, among the organizers of the first exhibitions, among the initiators of the first art magazine. He participated actively in the creation of the State Painting School in 1896 (today National Academy of Arts) and was his first director and professor of painting until 1921.

The name Ivan, with whom the artist is known to all generations after him, is actually a bulgarian version of Czech Jan. Jan Vaclav Markvichka was called Ivan when he arrived in Bulgaria in 1882, and after his return to the Czech Republic he adopted his Bulgarian name and even started signing with him. We can only guess what awakens the unbridled love of chechs to our homeland.

The reproduction is a high-quality print, on an Italian eco ink canvas. The canvas is folded over the back to the size of 30x40, and above this size is stretched on a subframe. The picture is arranged with a luxury frame.