Sadik Kaceli (14 March 1914 – 24 December 2000) was an Albanian artist. He studied in Paris at the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Scienc ...
(1936–1941).
Kaceli is one of Albania's best known painters, receiving many decorations as
People's Artist of Albania
The People's Artist () was an honorary title for outstanding art performers of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, whose merits were exceptional in the sphere of development of the performing arts (theatre, music, cinema and art). It was c ...
and the Honour Citizen of Tirana medal.
He created the first series of the
Albanian lek. In 2016 Sadik Kaceli was given th
Honour 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
A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state that is administered and governed by a communist party guided by Marxism–Leninism. Marxism–Leninism was the state ideology of the Soviet Union, the Cominte ...
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 countries Director of Culture.
A monografi of Sadik Kaceli was released in 2008 and translated into English in 2009. It contains the story of his life, works, unpublished notes, admiration and gratitude. A street in
Tirana
Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...
is named after Kaceli. He died on 24 December 2000.
Gallery
File:State Emblem of the People's Republic of Albania.svg, People's Republic of Albania's Coat of Arms, made by Sadik Kaceli
File:10 lek reverse.jpg, First version of the Albanian lek, designed by Sadik Kaceli
File:Honor of Nation Order Sadik Kaceli.jpg, Honor of Nation Order given to Sadik Kaceli by Albanian former President, Bujar Nishani
Bujar Nishani (; 29 September 1966 – 28 May 2022) was an Albanian politician. He served as President of Albania from 24 July 2012 to 24 July 2017.
Nishani was the youngest person to have been chosen as president of Albania, taking office at ...
.
References
Bibliography
External links
Socialist Albania since 1944: domestic and foreign developments, Volume 23Albania todayAlbania through artThe Harriman review, Volume 9
Columbia University, Harriman Institute, 1996
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Date of death missing
1914 births
2000 deaths
20th-century Albanian painters
Albanian expatriates in France
Albanian sculptors
People from Tirana
People's Artists of Albania
20th-century Albanian sculptors