Dimitar Zograf

Dimitar Hristov (Bulgarian: Димитър Христов), better known as Dimitar Zograf (Димитър Зограф) (1796–1860), was a noted 19th-century Bulgarian painter known for his icons.

Born in Samokov to the family of Hristo Dimitrov, the founder of the Samokov iconographic school, Dimitar was the elder brother of the better-known painter Zahari Zograf.

Dimitar educated his younger brother and practically assumed the role of a father for Zahari until about 1830.

In 1822 Dimitar Zograf married Hristiyaniya and had seven children, four of whom also became icon painters.

Unlike his brother Zahari, Dimitar did not sign his works, but they are not difficult to identify because of their unrivalled quality in the period.