Mrkvička came to Plovdiv in 1881 after an invitation by the then-Eastern Rumelian government and worked as a teacher in the Cyril and Methodius high school, where he co-operated with the most important cultural figures in the city — Ivan Vazov, Konstantin Velichkov, Petko Karavelov, Petko Slaveykov.
Ivan Turgenev | Ivan Caryll | Ivan Lendl | Ivan Vazov | Ivan the Terrible | Ivan Shapovalov | Iván Rodríguez | Ivan Reitman | Ivan Pavlov | Ivan Lins | Hurricane Ivan | Ivan Krylov | Ivan Franko | Ivan Tors | Ivan Basso | Ivan Vladislavic | Ivan Neville | Ivan Meštrović | Ivan Varichev | Ivan Sergei | Ivan Panfilov | Ivan Kostov | Ivan Galamian | Iván Campo | Ivan Stang | Ivan's Childhood | Ivan Rybkin | Ivan Pregelj | Ivan Paskevich | Ivan Olbracht |
Due to all this, the Central Military Club has always been an important cultural centre of the capital, once exhibiting works by Ivan Mrkvička, Vladimir Dimitrov, Jaroslav Věšín and providing these noted artists with studios.