Nexhmedin Zajmi, painter, People’s Painter, passed away. He was born in the village of Trebisht in Golloborda (Bulqizë district). In 1937, he graduated from the School of Drawing in Tirana. From 1939 to 1943, he pursued higher studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He worked as a teacher at the Jordan Misja Art High School from 1946 to 1963, with an interruption when he served as the director of the National Gallery of Arts from 1955 to 1956, from 1963 to 1969, lecturer at the Institute of Fine Arts, after which he engaged in freelance work. In his work, Nexhmedin Zajmi revealed types and characters with unique, realistic psychology, depicted with tonal drawing and coloration. His portraits, such as “Bajram Curri” (1957), “Malësori” (The Highlander), “Zadrimorja,” and those depicting well-known partisan figures, workers, and villagers, are notable examples of realistic works. Other notable works include “Tregim nga Lufta Nacionalçlirimtare” (Stories from the National Liberation War) (1954), “Prita partizane” (Partisan Ambush) (1954), and “Diga e Drinit” (Drini’s Dam) (1969). Nexhmedin Zajmi participated in numerous joint exhibitions both domestically and internationally, including in the Soviet Union, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, China, Egypt, Macedonia, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Kosovo, etc. (In the photo: Zajmi’s work “Story from the National Liberation War”, 1954, oil on canvas.)
Text: http://galeriakombetare.gov.al/en/collection/nexhmedin-zajmi.shtml
Photo: © National Gallery of Art
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