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          Vasko Tashkovski (1937 - )


          Vasko Tashkovski was born on 31st August, 1937 in Nizopole, Bitola, Macedonia. He attended The School of Applied Arts in Skopje in 1958 and graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1964.

          He later became a member of the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Science.

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        2. Macedonia culture and religion
        3. Vasko Taskovski's work was presented to the Paris public in with an imposing exhibition and auction of about works.
        4. Vasko Taskovski, Riders of the Apocalypse, , oil on canvas, x cm, People's Army Club, Belgrade.

          5. In the period between 1966 and 1991 he worked as a set designer in Macedonian Television. Apart from paintings in oils, he also works in watercolours and graphics. He has taken part in many group exhibitions in his country and abroad.

          He has won 16 awards, and eight documentaries have been made about his artwork.
          He wrote:-
          "There is no art without imagination. Painting without fantasy is just a mechanical movement of colours from reality onto the canvas, without meaning or dialogue with the audience.

          Imagination is necessary, not because the picture should be fantastic in content, must escape from reality to the truth, but rather because it must bring a