Nikola Tanev: career timeline

Bulgarian · 1890–1962 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 31 of 34 lots (91% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Nikola Tanev: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1920s	8	6	$5.5kSign up	Oil
1930s	11	10	$20kSign up	Oil
1940s	11	11	$2.9kSign up	Oil
1950s	1	0	—	Pastel

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $5.5kSign up
Average: $9.2kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 12 in (52 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Pastel (2), Etching (2)
Subjects: Markets & villages (5), Landscapes (2)

1930s 11 works

Sold: 10 of 11
Median: $20kSign up
Average: $19.7kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 25 in (51 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (4), Flowers & still life (2), Landscapes (1)

1930 Courtyard in Karlovo$6.3kSign up
c. 1930 Street in Karlovo$21.1kSign up
1930 Courtyard in Karlovo$30.3kSign up
c. 1930 Still Life with Apples and Blue Teapot$18.9kSign up
c. 1930 Street in KarlovoUnsold
1930 Gurko street (Veliko Tarnovo)$38.2kSign up
c. 1930 Still Life with Flowers$6.3kSign up
c. 1930 Sunflowers$26.8kSign up
1933 Karlovo$3.2kSign up
1936 Seaside landscape$7.6kSign up
1938 A market in Karlovo$38.1kSign up

1940s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $7kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 12.5 in (31 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Drawing (4), Pastel (2)
Subjects: Markets & villages (4), Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1940 Market in Karlovo$10kSign up
c. 1940 Karlovo Market$22.1kSign up
c. 1940 Self-portrait$1.2kSign up
1940 An anniversary invite$2.3kSign up
c. 1940 Market in Karlovo$16.8kSign up
1942 The Market of Karlovo$11kSign up
1945 Road back home (Sozopol)$3.5kSign up
1947 Spring landscape$2.9kSign up
1947 The first bridge$1.9kSign up
1947 Foremen in Pleven$2.9kSign up
1947 The first bridge$2.3kSign up

1950s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 8.5 × 5 in (21 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (1)
Subjects: —

1958 CostumesUnsold

Creation date not recorded

3 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $25.9kSign up
Average: $21.3kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 15 in (43 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

sold 2025 Karlovo Market$25.9kSign up
sold 2026 Straße in Tirnova$26.5kSign up
sold 2026 Straßenszene in Bulgarien$11.5kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Nikola Tanev auction results →