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 The lek (; indefinite singular ''lek'', definite plural ''lekët'', indefinite plural ''lekë''; sign: Lekë in Albanian or Lek in English, sometimes L; code: ALL) is the currency of Albania. Historically, it was subdivided 100 ''qintars'' (; ...

. 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 Jonuz Kaceli (20 June 1908 – 25 February 1951) was an Albanian businessman and dissident of the communist regime in Albania. He was one of the 23 victims of the regime's Massacre of 1951 in Albania. Life Jonuz Kaceli was born in 1908 in Tirana ...

, 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 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 It contains the story of his life, works, unpublished notes, admiration and gratitude.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 is named after Kaceli. He died on 24 December 2000.

Gallery

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People's Republic of Albania The People's Socialist Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë, links=no) was the Marxist–Leninist one party state that existed in Albania from 1946 to 1992 (the official name of the country was the People's R ...

's Coat of Arms, made by Sadik Kaceli File:10 lek reverse.jpg, First version of the

, 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.

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Socialist Albania since 1944: domestic and foreign developments, Volume 23Albania todayAlbania through artThe Harriman review, Volume 9
Columbia University, Harriman Institute, 1996 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaceli, Sadik 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