Dechko Hristov Uzunov is a Bulgarian artist, one of the greatest masters of contemporary Bulgarian painting. He was born in Kazanlak, where he was first a student of Chudomir. In 1919, he was accepted as a student at the State Art Industrial School (today the National Academy of Arts) in the class of Prof. Petko Klisurov. When the general training course ended in 1922, Uzunov and his fellow student Ivan Penkov went to Munich to specialize in the class of Prof. Karl von Maar. Under his influence, the two young artists became acquainted with the work of masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Diego Velasquez, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Max Lieberman, Franz von Stuck. At the same time, other young Bulgarian artists such as Elisaveta Bagryana, Fani Mutafova, Chavdar Mutafov, Nikolay Liliev, Konstantin Shtarkelov, Simeon Radev, Svetoslav Minkov and others were specializing and living in Munich, who formed Uzunov's friendly circle and also became models for his portraits.

After his return to Bulgaria, he completed his education at the Academy of Arts in 1924, in the class of Prof. Stefan Ivanov, being taught by other masters of the brush - Tseno Todorov, Ivan Angelov, Nikola Marinov. From 1926 he worked as a staff artist in the Ministry of Education until 1932, when he began teaching painting at the Art Academy. He was an substitute professor from 1937, and professor from 1942 to 1963. Among his students are the artists Atanas Pacev, Georgi Baev, Kalina Taseva, Lika Yanko, Maria Stolarova, Svetlin Rusev, Georgi Bozhkov.

Participated in almost all collective art exhibitions of the "Native Art" society in Bulgaria and abroad (Belgrade, Pilsen, New York, Athens, Berlin, Budapest, Moscow, Yerevan, Hamburg, Vienna). He held six solo exhibitions in Sofia and one each in Kazanlak and Sliven. Abroad, he held solo exhibitions in Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Moscow, Paris, Basel, Munich, Kuwait, Beijing.

Died on April 26, 1986. in Sofia.