On May 24, 1869 Levski visited Chirpan where he stayed at the home of Georgi Danchov and the local Secret Committee based there.

Danchov was a public figure: a member of the interim government in Plovdiv, and repeatedly elected to Parliament.

Georgi Danchov painted icons for churches in Plovdiv, Chirpan, Stara Zagora, Kazanlak.

In 1867, on behalf of Nayden Gerov create 17 themed pictures with images of Bulgarian costumes and domestic scenes, presented an exhibition in Moscow University.

Besides Levski, painted portraits and other Bulgarian revolutionaries and public figures: Hristo Botev, Georgi Rakovski, Zahari Stoyanov, Stefan Stambolov.