Borislav Traikovski

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.

Education and career 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.

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.

Accomplishments Traikovski is one of the founders of the contemporary art in Bitola and Macedonia, one of the founders and first president of Society of fine artists of Bitola, and one of the most significant members of the "VDIST" group.

In his honor, since 2006 the Society of Fine Artists of Bitola has inaugurated a yearly prize bearing his name. The prize “Borislav Traikovski” is awarded for the best art work presented at the yearly exhibition of the Society of Artists.