In 1861 he went to Razlog where he studied icon painting from the painter Stefan Popstamatov who was an apprentice of Simeon Molerov.
When he returned to Boboshevo he took part in the painting of the Church of the Holy Mother of God and became known as Georgi Zograf.
After the crushing of the April Uprising he was suspected for being a rebel and arrested in Dupnitsa and then imprisoned in Sofia.
After the Liberation of Bulgaria he was appointed in the Agricultural fund in Dupnitsa and remained in the position until his death.
He was enlisted for the IV National Assembly but on 19 September 1886 he was assaulted and killed by the mob along with the other candidate of the Liberal Party Hr.