Background
Beshkov was born in Dolni Dabnik, nowadays a small town near Pleven in Pleven Province, central northern Bulgaria.
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Education
In 1918–1920, he studied at the Faculty of Law of Sofia University and briefly returned to his native Dolni Dabnik as a teacher. He graduated in 1926.
Career
In 1921, he enrolled in painting at the National Academy of Arts, in the class of Professor. Nikola Marinov. As a student, Beshkov published caricatures in the Maskarad, Division Dyado, Balgaran, Starshel and Vik magazines and illustrated the issues of the T. F. Chipev and Hemus printing houses. From 1925 on, he co-operated with the Pladne magazine among others
He was from the founders of the famous newspaper Sturshel (Hornet) in 1940, and published in it without signature or pseudonym.
One of his best known comic characters was "Spekulanta Maks". In 1945, he became a lecturer of drawing, illustration and print design at the National Academy of Fine Artist
He was elected a tenured professor in 1953 and led the Department of Graphics until his death in 1958 in Sofia. Beshkov"s political caricatures were noted for their sarcasm and deep connotations.
Politics
He was twice arrested due to his leftist political views: once after participating in the June Uprising following the Bulgarian coup d"état of 1923 and then during the 1925 April Events in the wake of the Street Nedelya Church assault.
Membership
In 1930, Beshkov became a member of the Narodno Izkustvo movement.
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Nationality
Bulgarian