Samples of the work of the following distinguished Bulgarian artists are represented in the Administration of the President:

JAROSLAV VESIN (1860-1915) - one of the leading figures of Bulgarian culture in the late 19th and early 20th century. Noted master of genre painting. Battle scenes of the 1st Balkan War (1912) form a sizable part of his work, imbued with sympathy for the rank-and-file and for a long-suffering nation.
Vesin's picture Bayonet Charge, showing Bulgarian soldiers' heroism but also the cruel pointlessness of war, can be seen in the Armorial Hall of the Administration of the President.

IVAN MRKVICKA (1856-1938) - a major figure on Bulgaria's post-Liberation art scene. He excelled in genre painting. His pictures on historical subjects are very realistic and deeply patriotic. His portraits are of great artistic value.
Mrkvicka's much anthologised picture Father Paisii (c. 1898), on view in the Armorial Hall, depicts a monk of the Chiliandari Monastery and Bulgarian national awakener during the Ottoman yoke, who wrote Slav-Bulgarian History in 1762, ushering in the Bulgarian National Revival.

ZLATYU BOYADJIEV (1903-1976) - one of the original Bulgarian painters of conspicuously distinct style. In terms of treatment of form, use of colour and emotional charge, his work can be divided into two periods: before 1951 and after 1953 when, having suffered paralysis of part of his body, he began to paint again, this time using his left hand. During the second period he established himself as an artist of even more peculiar and expressive idiom.
Boyadjiev's pictures Child, Night time Grazing, Herd of Cattle and Bachkovo, displayed in various halls, are among the author's most characteristic and valuable works.

STOYAN VENEV (1904-1989) - one of the original Bulgarian painters, who took a special place in the development of Bulgarian art back in the 1930s. He was an equally gifted painter and graphic artist. The artistic treatment of his subjects in his inimitable humorist manner enhances his expressive national style. Venev's painting Wedding (1966) can be seen at the Administration of the President.

DIMITER GYUDJENOV (1891-1979) - did numerous genre compositions. He made him mark as a master of battle-piece painting.
Tsar Simeon (oil on canvas, 1927) has pride of place in the Armorial Hall. The subject is a Bulgarian ruler who expanded the country's territory and led it to political and cultural zenith during his reign (A.D. 893-927).
A series of pictures by the same author depict landmark events of Bulgaria's past: Capture of a Fortress (1924); Tsar Simeon at Constantinople (1937); Bulgarian Boyars Receive Taxes in Kind (1957); Khan Tervel and Justinian (1960); Portrait of Captain Georgi Mamarchev; Khan Omourtag at Madara; Peter and Asen Declare the Uprising in Turnovo; The Battle of Shipka; Khan Asparouh at the Danube; Tsar Simeon: Golden Age of Bulgarian Letters.

TZANKO LAVRENOV (1896-1978) - an original Bulgarian artist. Drew experience from the national traditions of old Bulgarian art and from folklore. A highly creative artist, he poeticised the National Revival architecture of old Bulgarian towns and monasteries as epitomes of the Bulgarian spirit. His art is inimitable in its decorative linearity, reminiscent of the style of icons and murals, with typically Bulgarian, brightly coloured detailed scenes. He did landscapes, still-lifes, and social and historical pictures.
Lavrenov's magnificent Chiliandari Monastery (1943) is among the most prized items in the holdings of the Administration of the President.

VLADIMIR DIMITROV-MAISTORA (1882-1960) - painted mostly genre compositions. One of the most brilliant and original Bulgarian painters, close to the lifestyle of the people in his art. Inspired by the beautiful natural scenery of the native land and the decorative style of folk art. Combined a poetic, decorative and monumental treatment of form with highly emotional and harmonious modelling tones in dozens of compositions showing typical figures of village men and women and girls at work or engaged in folk rites and festivities. Maistora's profoundly national art has left an indelible mark on Bulgarian painting.
At the Administration of the President, one can see Wedding, a picture typical of Maistora's original style, recreating the intransient beauty of Bulgarian women and the traditional importance of the festive ritual.

BENCHO OBRESHKOV (1899-1970) - a painter of figure compositions, portraits, landscapes and still-lifes. Emerged as a foremost exponent of Bulgarian art back in the 1930s and 1940s. In his work, he demonstrates captivating and original sensitivity and employs intense colours and synthesized form, close to the manner of Bulgarian folk art.
Obreshkov's picture Market (1962) is on view at the Administration of the President.

ILIYA PETROV (1903-1975) - a major Bulgarian realist painter, graphic artist and illustrator. His work cut across the spectrum of media: portrait, figure composition, nude, landscape and still-life. Attaining prominence back in the 1930s, he was instrumental in the assertion of the realistic tendency in modern Bulgarian art. Petrov developed an aesthetic and modelling concept of his own and employed rich and varied colours in his figures. Executed a number of dramatically expressive portraits.
Two historical oils on canvas: Khan Asparouh (1941) and Ivailo's Uprising, represent Petrov's art at the Administration of the President.

NICOLAS TANEFF (1890-1962) - a prominent Bulgarian artist, famed for his exuberantly coloured poetic landscapes. Takes credit for flamboyant renderings of the charm of Sub-Balkan towns of Karlovo, Koprivshtitsa, Tryavna and Elena.
Spring in Sofia (oil on canvas) captures the typical atmosphere of Bulgaria's capital.

DECHKO UZUNOV (1899-1986) - an outstanding Bulgarian painter since the 1930s and 1940s, with highly emotional and sophisticated contributions in a wide variety of media. Became known as a master of figure compositions and landscapes, but above all portrait painting. Depicted the emotional state of his models with striking insight.
Uzunov's large canvas Light is among the jewels of the visual arts collection at the Administration of the President.

KONSTANTIN SHTURKELOV (1888-1961) - a first-class Bulgarian landscape artist. Revealed the poetics of Bulgarian mountains: Mt Rila, Mt Vitosha, the Rhodope Mountains. Unsurpassed in watercolour, he sang the magic of Bulgarian nature. Represented in the collection by a landscape entitled Birch.

IVAN HRISTOV (1900-1987) - a noted Bulgarian landscape artist. Crafted realistic and skilful images of romantic old Bulgarian towns and scenic nature.
Landscape of Turnovo (1938, oil on canvas) is instilled with awe for the stately aspect of Bulgaria's medieval capital.

SVETLIN ROUSSEV (b. 1933)- Academician, one of Bulgaria's most prominent contemporary painters of international renown. Active in composition, portrait and landscape. Experiments with composition and colour. Deeply emotional treatments of historical and contemporary subjects. His art is immensely plastic, convincing and forceful.
Roussev is a tangible presence in the Administration of the President with his Bulgarian Triptych.

Works by a number of other acclaimed Bulgarian painters, exponents of various styles of art in more recent times, such as Alexander Petrov, Vladimir Golev, Vanya Decheva, Atanas Patsev, Dimiter Kirov, Vladimir Maiski, Radi Nedelchev, Encho Pironkov, Kalina Tasseva, Boris Nenov, Boicho Grigorov, Dora Boneva, Panayot Panayotov, Boris Ivanov, Alexander Simeonov, Georgi Baev, Alexander Poplilov, Vanko Ouroumov et al., complement the prestigious collection in the building that houses the office and administration of the Bulgarian head of State.