Aleksandăr Bozhinov and his “Macedonia in caricatures”

ALEKSANDĂR BOZHINOV AND HIS “MACEDONIA IN CARICATURES” 

Boryana Buzhashka 

(Summary) 

The article presents the 1930’s painting cycle of works by Aleksandăr Bozhinov (1878 – 1968) entitled “Macedonia in Caricatures”, whose publication was supported by the Macedonian Charitable Brotherhoods and the Macedonian Cooperative Bank in Bulgaria. 

In his works, the notable Bulgarian painter sharply criticized the unjust Versailles order, the inability of the League of Nations to protect the rights of minorities, the repressive and assimilationist policy of the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) towards the Macedonian Bulgarians. 

Keywords: Aleksandăr Bozhinov, Macedonia, Macedonian Bulgarians, repressions, Kingdom of Greece, Kingdom of Yugoslavia