Sadri Ahmeti (3 March 1939 24 June 2010) was an

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 ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

from

Vusanje Vusanje ( sq, Vuthaj; cnr, Vusanje/Вусање) is a village in Gusinje Municipality, Montenegro. According to the 2003 census, the town had 648 inhabitants. Geography Vusanje is located within the Plav municipality, below the town of Gusinje. I ...

, Plavë, Gusinje of

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Career

He was born in the village of

. In 1957 he emigrated to Albania. He worked as an agronomist in Berat and

Krujë Krujë ( sq-definite, Kruja; see also the etymology section) is a town and a municipality in north central Albania. Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is only 20 km north from the capital of Albania, Tirana. Kruj ...

. As a modern painter and a

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ist, he created his portraits of ladies named Muses or Albanian virgin beauties and also landscapes of his wondering fantasies and memories from the past in the technique of watercolor.

Death

Ahmeti died, age 71, in

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Painting exhibitions

Ahmeti participated in several international collective exhibitions and opened personal ones in

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and the United States. In Albania, he had sixteen solo exhibitions and participated in three collective exhibitions.

Awards

In 1994, the

National Art Gallery of Albania The National Museum of Fine Arts ( sq, Galeria Kombëtare e Arteve) is a national art museum in Tirana, Albania, under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. It features the work of well-known Albanian artist, such as Sadik Kaceli. In Octob ...

in Tirana presented Ahmeti the

Onufri Onufri Argitis or Onoufrios of Neokastro or Onoufrios Argytes ( el, Ονούφριος) was a 16th century painter of Orthodox icons and Archpriest of Elbasan, active in the 16th century in modern-day southern Albania and in the south-western reg ...

award.

Poetic publishings

* 1991 "The sun to

Balkan The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

does not shine through Goliotok" * 1993 "A laugh storms in the darkness" * 1993 "The iceberg of the

Catastrophe Catastrophe or catastrophic comes from the Greek κατά (''kata'') = down; στροφή (''strophē'') = turning ( el, καταστροφή). It may refer to: A general or specific event * Disaster, a devastating event * The Asia Minor Catastro ...

Prelude Prelude may refer to: Music *Prelude (music), a musical form *Prelude (band), an English-based folk band *Prelude Records (record label), a former New York-based dance independent record label *Chorale prelude, a short liturgical composition for ...

" * 1996 "The massacre of Tivar" * 1999 "33 years in

Crucifix A crucifix (from Latin ''cruci fixus'' meaning "(one) fixed to a cross") is a cross with an image of Jesus on it, as distinct from a bare cross. The representation of Jesus himself on the cross is referred to in English as the ''corpus'' (Lati ...

" * 2000 "The dance of

Insanity Insanity, madness, lunacy, and craziness are behaviors performed by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity can be manifest as violations of societal norms, including a person or persons becoming a danger to themselves or to ...

" * 2000 "The wind plays with the leaves of my Fall" * 2000 "Will we meet tomorrow?" *2001 "Ridding around the world on a cloud" *2001 "While bathing in the silver of the Moon"

References

External links

* , his official website * *
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