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Zef Pashko Shoshi (born 1939 in
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Zef Pashko Shoshi (born 1939 in Tirana
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) is one of the most renowned Albania
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n painter
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s. He studied at the Art Academy in Moscow
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, Russia
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which influenced to a certain degree the style of his paintings. His talent and great technique was quickly recognized by the Albanian art circles, and caught the eye of the dictator Enver Hoxha
Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who was the authoritarian ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 unt ...
who choose Zef Shoshi as his personal painter. A lot of government offices carried Shoshi's best works on their walls for a long time until the communists
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left and his work was sold illegally across Europe without him ever knowing or profiting from it.
During the 1970s, his painting adopted a more modern style, which almost got him in trouble with the regime at the time. Some of his best-regarded work is in art galleries across Albania and Europe and sometimes part of someone's private collection.
After the communism fell in Albania, the painter had a hard time finding himself in his country and in Europe. For couple of years he has worked in the neighboring countries like Italy
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and Greece
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and today he is still producing pieces of art in his studio 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 ...
, Albania.
His work is part of the national and European art treasure.
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Piktori Zef Pashko Shoshi
Albanian painters Living people 1939 births {{Albania-painter-stub