Genko Genkov was born in 1923 in the village of Choba near Karlovo. He grew up in Bourgas. He finished Secondary School for Classic Languages in Bourgas and in 1948 he graduated from the National Academy of Arts under Professor Dechko Ozounov. His first one-man exhibition took place in 1965 and in 1973 there was a retrospective exhibition on the occasion of his 50th anniversary. In 1972 he was conferred the Cyril and Methodius Order of Merit Third Class. His last one-man exhibition was held in 1993. Genko Genkov died on third of March 2006.

Atanas Yaranov was born on July 13, 1940 in Sofia. He graduated from the Art Academy in 1965, with a degree in Decorative Monumental Painting under Prof. Bogdanov. His works have participated in collective exhibitions representing Bulgarian art in England, France, Italy, The former USSR, Romania, Japan, USA, the former Czechoslovakia, Poland and others countries. Solo exhibitions have taken place in Sofia, Varna, Warsaw, Bratislava and Berlin.