Muslim Mulliqi

Muslim Mulliqi
Born 1934
Gjakova, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died 13 January 1998
Prishtina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Nationality Yugoslavian
Ethnicity Albanian
Notable works Kullat e Junikut (The stone towers of Junik)

Muslim Mulliqi (1934 13 January 1998) was an impressionist and expressionist painter of Kosovo. Born into a family of artists in town, Mulliqi attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade under Zoran Petrović, where he also continued with the postgraduate studies.[1] Mulliqi exposed in galleries of Kosovo, ex-Yugoslavia, Italy and Albania. Mulliqi was the initiator of the foundation and vice-president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. He taught Painting in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prishtina. Kosovo Art Gallery exhibition holds his name. While his creations are everlasting, academic Mulliqi was and will remain one of the most prominent figures of the Albanian art. He died in 1998 in Prishtina.[2]

His work is characterized by bold use of colors, firm rhythm, endless space, influenced by his native Dukagjin region.[1]

Personal exhibitions[2]

Awards[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Robert Elsie (2010), Historical Dictionary of Kosovo, Historical Dictionaries of Europe 79 (2 ed.), Scarecrow Press, p. 123, ISBN 978-0810872318
  2. 1 2 Kosovo Academy of Arts and Science
  3. Artist's portfolio

See also

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