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List Of Albanian Painters
Following is a list of notable Albanian painters & sculptors. Classical * Onufri (16th Century) * Kostandin Shpataraku (1736–1767) * David Selenica (18th Century) * Marco Basaiti (1470–1530) * Andrea Aleksi (1425–1505) * Zografi Brothers (18th Century) Modern * Mustafa Arapi (born 1950) * Lumturi Blloshmi (1944-2020) *Xhovalin Delia (born 1959) * Parid Dule (born 1969) *Helidon Gjergji (born 1970) * Ervin Hatibi (born 1974) * Fatmir Haxhiu (1927–2001) *Kolë Idromeno (1860–1939) *Sadik Kaceli (1912–2000) *Ibrahim Kodra (1918–2006) * Zef Kolombi (1907–1949) *Abidin Dino (1913–1993) *Andrea Kushi (1884–1959) * Gazmend Leka (born 1953) * Ndoc Martini (1880–1916) * Agathangjel Mbrica (1883–1957) * Toni Milaqi (born 1974) *Vangjush Mio (1891–1957) * Genc Mulliqi (born 1966) * Fatmir Musaj (born 1958) * George Pali (born 1957) *Edi Rama (born 1964) *Chatin Sarachi (1899–1974) * Zef Shoshi (born 1939) *Saimir Strati (born 1966) *Eltjon Valle (born 1984) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. Tirana is its capital and largest city, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Albania displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, defined in an area of . It possesses significant diversity with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps as well as the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the hot and sunny coasts of the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea along the Mediterranean Sea. Albania has been inhabited by different civilisations over time, such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, and Ot ... [...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] |
Edi Rama
Edi Rama (born Edvin Kristaq Rama, 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, painter, writer, former university lecturer, publicist and former basketball player, who has served as the 33rd and current Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. Prior to his tenure as Prime Minister, Rama held a number of positions. He was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in 1998, an office he held until 2000. First elected mayor of Tirana in 2000, he was reelected in 2003 and 2007. The coalition of centre-left parties led by Rama in the 2013 parliamentary election defeated the centre-right coalition around the Democratic Party of Albania of incumbent Prime Minister Sali Berisha. Rama was appointed Prime Minister for a second term following the 2017 election. Rama won a third mandate following the 2021 parliamentary election in which he defeated the Democratic Party of Albania candidate, Lulzim Basha, for the second time in a row ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pali
George Pali is an American Albanian contemporary visual artist. George Pali is a painter born in Shkodra Albania. From 1976 - 1980 attended the ILA Instituti i Larte i Arteve Academy of Arts in Tirana, 1991 he graduated from Michigan State University, Studio Arts (MFA). He works and lives in Stamford CT in the United States as a free artist. Specialized in painting, collages and mosaics, after many exhibitions New York City, San Francisco, Miami, Bernardsville NJ, Cane, Nice, Florence, Tokyo art galleries and art events, in October 2013 he exhibited his works at the National Art Gallery of Albania, in an exhibition named "The Journey", and May 2015 "The Journey Continues" at the FAB Art Gallery (The Gallery of the Art Academy in Tirana, Albania). Pali was into the creative arts from at very young age. His inclination was, however, not painting. He was more interested in music during childhood. Gradually, the young Pali began to move toward painting, a medium he says helped him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatmir Musaj
Fatmir Musaj (born 9 September 1958 in 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 Adriati ...) is an Albanians, Albanian painter who served as Director of Albafilm-Tirana, Albafilm. Exhibitions 1992 Personal Exhibition - National Museum of History, Tiranë 2003 Personal Exhibition - National Arts Gallery, Tiranë References {{DEFAULTSORT:Musaj, Fatmir 1958 births Living people Painters from Kavajë Albanian painters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genc Mulliqi
Genc Mulliqi (born 21 January 1966 in Fier, Albania) is an Albanian artist, specialising in sculptures and abstract paintings. He has studied in England and Tirana. Mulliqi lives in Tirana and works as a director at the National Art Gallery of Albania there. See also * List of Albanian painters Following is a list of notable Albanian painters & sculptors. Classical * Onufri (16th Century) * Kostandin Shpataraku (1736–1767) * David Selenica (18th Century) * Marco Basaiti (1470–1530) * Andrea Aleksi (1425–1505) * Zografi Brother ... * List of sculptors External links *gencmulliqi.com his official website 1966 births 20th-century Albanian painters 21st-century Albanian painters Abstract painters Albanian expatriates in England Living people People from Fier People from Tirana 20th-century Albanian sculptors 21st-century Albanian sculptors {{Albania-sculptor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vangjush Mio
Vangjush Mio (3 March 1891 – 30 December 1957) was an Albanian impressionist painter. He was the brother of the Albanian film director and actor Sokrat Mio. Life and work Mio was born on 3 March 1891 in Korçë, Albania. In 1908 due to economic reasons he had to leave together with his brother to Bucharest, Romania. He was active member of the Albanian artist colony in the Romanian capital and in 1915 he started his studies of Fine Arts at the Bucharest National University of Arts. He successfully completed his education in 1919 and in the same year he opened his first personal exhibition in Bucharest. In 1920 he returned for a few months to his native country and exhibited his works in Korçë. This was the first art exhibition in public in the whole country. During this period her taught the future artist Sofia Zengo Papadhimitri. In September 1920 he went to Rome. As a great admirer of the Italian impressionists of the 19th and early 20th century, he enrolled at the Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Milaqi
Toni Milaqi (born 1974, Tirana, Albania ) is a contemporary artist (painter, draughtsman). Studies 1992 *National Academy of Fine Arts, Tirana, Albania/ Monumental Painting Section. 1988 *Artistic High School "Jordan Misja", Tirana, Albania/ graduate in Painting, Drawing & Graphics. Solo exhibitions 2016 * "De la violence et autres démons", Galerie Desmos, curated by Eva Tzimourta, Paris, France. 2016 * "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters", Balkan Art Gallery, curated by Alex Lazaridis, Xanthi, Greece. 1999 * Astrolavos Gallery, Piraeus, Greece 1996 * Dimokritos Gallery, Athens, Greece Group exhibitions 2021 * "#Not Alone", ART HUB Athens / The Project Gallery, Athens, Greece. 2014 * "Dia- Project", curated by Elina & Dora Theodoropoulou, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, Greece. 2013 * "The Art Reportages in Athens", curated by Christos Alaveras, Retirement Home, Saranda, Albania. 2012 * ART Ist -"Terrain insecure", Multifunctional Cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agathangjel Mbrica
Agathangjel Mbrica (1883-1957) was an Albanian artist and goldsmith. Agathangjel Mbrica was born in Berat, a city in what was then the Ottoman Empire in 1883. His father Dhimitraq Mbrica was a tailor who specialized in making xhamadans and fustanellas. From the age of 14, Agathangjel Mbrica started working as a goldsmith apprentice of Aleks Kola in his store. During the 1920s, Mbrica became one of the most renowned goldsmiths in Albania. He forged a gold medal requested by the teachers of Berat to honour Avni Rustemi, an activist and teacher. In 1938, he forged a gold double-headed eagle as a present for Zog I, the king of Albania. In 1950, he forged a gold pigeon (as a symbol of peace), which was used to honor Joseph Stalin. Many of the works of Agathangjel Mbrica were inspired by religious events. His most famous work is a large gold icon An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndoc Martini
Ndoc Martini (17 January 1880 – 6 December 1916) was an Albanian painter. Life Martini was born in Shkodër, north Albania, then in the Ottoman Empire. He was a Roman Catholic. He took his first lessons from Kolë Idromeno in his home town at the School of Arts and Crafts. From 1904 to 1907 he lived in Calabria, Italy based on a scholarship from the "Scuola Normale nel Collegio Italo-Albanese di San Demetrio Corone". After that he studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He had to interrupt the studies because of financial issues, but kept working as a painter in the Pensi studio. In 1913 he started suffering from tuberculosis and died in 1916 in a sanatorium A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, are antiquated names for specialised hospitals, for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often ... in Paris. References Sources and external links Piktori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazmend Leka
Gazmend Leka is an Albanian painter and artistic director and scholar. Biography He finished his high school studies at the artistic "Jordan Misja" school in Tirana. He finished studies for painting and graphics at the ILA (today's Academy of Arts). He was responsible for designing the interior of the "Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeu" museum in Kruja. From 1982, for ten years he worked in the film studio "New Albania" ("Shqipëria e Re") as a painter and artistic director. He worked on two films and won an international award "Dea Fortunata" in Naples. Since 1992 he has been Professor at the Academy of Arts, Tirana. As a painter he has made around 140 major painting exhibitions inside and outside Albania. His artwork is typically in earthy tones such as brown or grey. Prizes * 1982 - Order of "Naim Frashëri", Third class, Tirana, Albania * 1983 - First prize at "The Fifth Festival of Animated Movies", Albania * 1983 - Prize of "Dea Fortunata" At International Festival of Anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Kushi
Andrea Kushi (1884–1959) was an Albanian painter. He was one of the most important representatives of the elder generation of Albanian painters. Life and work Kushi was born 1885 in Shkodër, where he spent his childhood and received first art impulses through the paintings of the famous Albanian painter Kolë Idromeno. He studied Fine Arts between 1912 and 1914 in Belgrade, when he was forced to interrupt the lessons due to the outbreak of World War I. After the war he went back to Belgrade where he successfully completed his studies in 1920. Kushi dedicated himself to the education of young painters. He moved back to Albania and became a teacher of Fine Arts at the Gymnasium of Elbasan, and later on moved to Tirana in 1931 and the same year he established the first drawing school in the country, which some months later in 1932 became the official Fine Arts School of Albania (''Shkolla e vizatimit''). Kushi was one of the organizers of the first national art exhibition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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