Kolë Idromeno
Kolë Idromeno | |
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Kingdom of Albania | |
Nationality | Albanian |
Education | Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia in Venice, Kingdom of Italy |
Known for | Painting, sculpture, photography, architecture |
Notable work | Motra Tone |
Movement | Realism |
Signature | |
Nikoll Idromeno (Albanian pronunciation:
Kolë Idromeno was born in
Among his important works are a series of paintings where he tried to depict the social aspects of everyday life, customs and religion exactly as it appears. He was also distinguished for its rich use of colours and decorative shades with certain ethnographic elements and landscapes depicting places in or near Shkodër.[4]
As an architect, he drew the plans for around fifty buildings either private and public. He also designed several industrial facilities, banks, the Rozafa cinema and Kafja e Madhe café. The coffered ceiling of the St. Stephen's Cathedral, which is one of the largest cathedrals in the Balkans, was also a design by Kolë Idromeno.
Biography
Life
Kolë Idromeno was of Cham origin and was born on 15 August 1860 in Shkodër.[5] The Idromeno family were Cham Albanians who came from Parga, they went to settle in Corfu later on. Pope Andrea Idromeno was a teacher in Corfu, he was the grandfather of Kolë. In Corfu he compiled and published the history of Parga and Souli, and also helped Grigor Gjirokastriti in translating the Gospel and the New Testament into the Albanian language with the Greek alphabet. Pope Andrea had two sons, Mihal who was a lawyer and Arsen, who was born in Corfu.
His father, Arsen Idromeno, in 1856 moved to Shkodër, where he practiced his trade as a carpenter and joiner, as well as a self-taught designer and implementer of private constructions in the city, such as the houses of the Lukaj family in Arra Madhe, Rokacollve in Serreq, the building of the Red Cross , the Illyricum lyceum and own house in Gjujadol.
He resided most of his lifetime in
After his studies in Venice, he started to travel around Europe and decided to move back to his hometown in 1878. There, he engaged himself in a number of different activities, working as in the fields of architecture, sculpture, photography, painting, composing, scenic design and engineering.
Career
Work
Kolë Idromeno is considered as the founder of
Until 1896, Idromeno painted mainly paintings with religious themes. Afterwards, he painted probably the first Albanian secular and realistic pictures with illustrating historical events and everyday motifs such as festivals and costumes such as "Dasma Shkodrane". He followed to paint various landscapes, "Oborri i Shtëpisë Shkodrane", and became the first landscape painter of modern Albanian art. His most famous work is Motra Tone (English: "Our Sister"), which shows his sister. This artwork is sometimes referred to as Albanian Mona Lisa. His works were represented in international exhibitions for example in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (1900) and New York City, United States (1939).
One of his best works, not very popular, is the portrait of
As an architect, Idromeno has carved his name into many well-known objects in
See also
References
- ^ Ferid Hudhri (2000). Fine Arts (Genc Myftiu ed.). Tirana: Sustainable Economic Development Agency. p. 97.
- ISBN 9992753676.
- ^ Nostalgji (in Albanian) (Galeria Kombëtare e Arteve ed.). Tirana. 2001.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b "SHQIPERIA: L'ARTE ATTRAVERSO I SECOLI Analisi delle forme di espressione artistica in Albania, dalla pittura alla maschera". win.storiain.net (in Italian). Milano.
- ^ Nazarko, M. The last war." Familja e Kole Idromenos ishte nga mё të njohurat e Pargёs sё Çamёrisë... i vendosur nё Shkodёr, ku u martua me Roza Saraçin, nga njё familje qytetare shkodrane... Kola lindi me 15 gusht 1860 dhe vdiq më 12 dhjetor 1939."
- ^ "SHQIPERIA: L'ARTE ATTRAVERSO I SECOLI Analisi delle forme di espressione artistica in Albania, dalla pittura alla maschera". win.storiain.net (in Italian). Milano.
- ISBN 3770120795.
- ^ Fatmira Nikolli (22 November 2013). "Idromeno arkitekt, ja veprat që realizoi" [Idromeno as architect, here are the works he created] (in Albanian). BalkanWeb. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ "Të pathënat e 51 piktorëve shqiptarë, zbulohet koleksioni" (in Albanian). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.