Background
Marinov was born in the town of Targovishte in 1879.
Marinov was born in the town of Targovishte in 1879.
He graduated in 1903 and stayed to paint in Italy for two more years.
His interest in painting began in the high school. After returning to Bulgaria in 1906, he worked as a teacher in Sofia until 1919, and then with the Ministry of Education and Science (1919–1921). Between 1921 and 1940 he was a professor in the National Academy of Arts, Sofia where he served as Chancellor in the period 1935-1937.
Among his students were eminent Bulgarian artists such as Ilia Beshkov and Ivan Nenov.
He worked mostly in the art of painting as he had preference for water-color. Marinov has also done a great number of frescoes in churches in Plovdiv, Lovech, Biala Cherkva, Pernik and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia.
As well there is a high school in the town named Nikola Marinov.