{"id":7682,"date":"2026-03-04T00:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/nexhmedin-zajmi-2\/---36102846-a58b-42f0-9620-3eefc811ad49"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:54:31","slug":"nexhmedin-zajmi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/2026\/03\/04\/nexhmedin-zajmi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexhmedin Zajmi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nexh<\/span>m<\/span>edin<\/span> Zaj<\/span>m<\/span>i<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>painter<\/span>, <\/span>People’s<\/span> Painter<\/span>, <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in the <\/span>village<\/span> of<\/span> Trebisht<\/span> in Golloborda (Bulqiza). In 1937, he <\/span>co<\/span>m<\/span>pleted<\/span> the <\/span>School<\/span> of<\/span> Drawing<\/span> in Tirana. In the <\/span>years<\/span> 1939–1943 he <\/span>co<\/span>m<\/span>pleted<\/span> higher<\/span> studies<\/span> at the <\/span>Acade<\/span>m<\/span>y<\/span> of<\/span> Fine <\/span>Arts<\/span> in Ro<\/span>m<\/span>e (1939–1943). He <\/span>worked<\/span> as a <\/span>teacher<\/span> at the <\/span>artistic<\/span> high<\/span> school<\/span> “<\/span>Jordan<\/span> M<\/span>isja<\/span>” (1946–1963) <\/span>with<\/span> an <\/span>interruption<\/span>, <\/span>when<\/span> he <\/span>was<\/span> the <\/span>director<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>National<\/span> Art <\/span>Gallery<\/span> (1955–1956); in the <\/span>years<\/span> 1963–1969, <\/span>lecturer<\/span> at the <\/span>Higher<\/span> Institute <\/span>of<\/span> Arts<\/span>, <\/span>then<\/span> in <\/span>free<\/span> creativity<\/span>. In <\/span>his<\/span> work<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Nexh<\/span>m<\/span>edin<\/span> Zaj<\/span>m<\/span>i<\/span> <\/span>discovered<\/span> types<\/span> and<\/span> characters<\/span> with<\/span> a special, <\/span>realistic<\/span> psychology<\/span>, <\/span>painted<\/span> with<\/span> tonal<\/span> tools<\/span>, <\/span>through<\/span> restrained<\/span> colours<\/span> and<\/span> drawing<\/span>. The <\/span>portraits<\/span>: “Bajra<\/span>m<\/span> Curri” (1957), “<\/span>M<\/span>alësori”, “Zadri<\/span>m<\/span>orja” <\/span>and<\/span> those<\/span> of<\/span> well-known<\/span> figures<\/span> of<\/span> partisans<\/span>, <\/span>workers<\/span> and<\/span> peasants<\/span> are <\/span>outstanding<\/span> realistic<\/span> works<\/span>. <\/span>His<\/span> other<\/span> works<\/span> are: <\/span><\/span>“Tregi<\/span>m<\/span> nga Lufta Nacionalçliri<\/span>m<\/span>tare” (“<\/span>Story<\/span> fro<\/span>m<\/span> the <\/span>National<\/span> Liberation<\/span> War<\/span>”)<\/span><\/span> (1954), <\/span><\/span>“Prita partizane” (“The <\/span>partisan<\/span> a<\/span>m<\/span>bush<\/span>”)<\/span><\/span> (1954), <\/span><\/span>“Diga e Drinit” (“The <\/span>Da<\/span>m<\/span> of<\/span> Drin”)<\/span><\/span> (1969)<\/span><\/span>. <\/span>Nexh<\/span>m<\/span>edin<\/span> Zaj<\/span>m<\/span>i<\/span> <\/span>has <\/span>participated<\/span> in <\/span>m<\/span>any<\/span> joint<\/span> exhibitions<\/span> inside<\/span> and<\/span> outside<\/span> the <\/span>country<\/span>: in the <\/span>Soviet<\/span> Union, <\/span>Hungary<\/span>, Bulgaria, Ro<\/span>m<\/span>ania, <\/span>China<\/span>, <\/span>Egypt<\/span>, <\/span>M<\/span>acedonia<\/span>, <\/span>Greece<\/span>, <\/span>Italy<\/span>, <\/span>Turkey<\/span>, Kosova, <\/span>etc<\/span>. He <\/span>passed<\/span> away<\/span> in Tirana, in 1991. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/em><\/span>photo<\/span>: <\/span>Zaj<\/span>m<\/span>i’s<\/span> work<\/span><\/em> “Prita Partizane”, 1956<\/em>.)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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