Kristina Koljaka

	Kristina Koljaka Kristina Koljaka (Hoshi) (6 June 1915 – 21 October 2005) was an Albanian sculptor and one of the first women to achieve success in sculpture in Albania. Early life Kristina Koljaka was born on June 6, 1915, in the city of Kavajë, west-central Albania to Jani Koljaka, an intellectual who was fluent in 12 foreign languages and Angja Petro Bidoshi. She was the second eldest of the couple's seven children. Kristina fell in love with art in her early youth and her parents cultivated this passion by providing her with professional artistic training in neighboring Italy. Education and career Initially, Koljaka studied at Tirana's Arts Lyceum from 1930 to 1934. A few years later, she enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma from 1938 until 1941, in the studio of Angelo Zanelli, where years prior, the painters Vangjush Mio (1920–1924) and Zef Kolombi (1929–1933) had studied. Koljaka was a member of the teaching staff at the Jordan Misja Artistic Lyceum along with colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Kavajë Kavajë ( , sq-definite, Kavaja) is a municipality centrally located in the Western Lowlands region of Albania, in Tirana County. It borders Durrës to the north , Tiranë to the east and Rrogozhinë to the south . To the west lies the Adriatic Sea. Based on the 2011 Census, the municipality had a population of 40,094 inhabitants, although the Civil Registry inferred the total number of inhabitants to be 79,556. The overall surface area is . Etymology The name Kavajë is mentioned in Ottoman archives from the Land Registry of the Sanjak of Albania for the years 1431–1432. In the documents, first published by Turkish researcher Halil İnalcık this locality was part of. On Latin Maps it was mentioned as Cavalli (Horses in Italian) History Early development There have been varied opinions on the origin of Kavajë as an inhabited settlement. Until recently, researchers believed the early beginnings of this region as a settlement should be sought somewhere in the middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sadik Kaceli Sadik Kaceli (14 March 1914 – 24 December 2000) was an Albanian artist. He studied in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (1936–1941). Kaceli is one of Albania's best known painters, receiving many decorations as People's Artist of Albania and the Honour Citizen of Tirana medal. He created the first series of the Albanian lek. In 2016 Sadik Kaceli was given thHonour of Nation Order. He is one of the founders of the National Art Gallery of Albania, designed the first version of the Albanian lek, and made the People's Republic of Albania Coat of Arms. Biography Kaceli attended the Harry T. Fultz Technical school from 1929, and began a drawing course in 1931. He was the brother of Jonuz Kaceli, a well-known businessman and dissident of the Communist Regime in Albania. Fadil Kaceli, is also a brother of Sadik. His son, Buron Kaceli, is also a painter and former politician, deputy in Parliament of Albania, Vice Mayor of Albania's capital, Tirana, and the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Albanian Women Sculptors Albanian may refer to: Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans Albanian language Albanian culture Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country Pertaining to other places: Albania (other) Albany (other) *St Albans (other) Albanian cattle Albanian horse ''The Albanian'', a 2010 German-Albanian film See also * Olbanian language Albani people * Albaniana (other) Alba (other) Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. Alba or ALBA may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters Alba ''(Darkstalkers)'', a character in the Japanese video game * Alba (''The Time Traveler's Wife''), a chara ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sculptors From Kavajë Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been an almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or moulded or cast. Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of art in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than pottery) from ancient cultures, though conversely traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. However, most ancient sculpture was brightly painted, and this has been lost. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]