Photo Stamo

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Foto Stamo (* 1916 in Erind , Gjirokastra , Qark Gjirokastra , † 1989 ) was an Albanian painter .

life and work

Foto Stamos attended the painting school opened in 1932 by Andrea Kushi in Tirana. He is a painter of Albanian socialist realism . His work is part of the collection of the Galeria Kombëtare e Arteve in Tirana. Color and light are very important in his painting. He was inspired for many of his portraits in the northern Albanian area of Zadrima . Stamo was named "Painter of the People" (piktori i popullit) in the Socialist People's Republic .

Almost 30 years after his death in 1989, Stamo was accused of collaborating with the Albanian State Security Police, Sigurimi .

The painting The Refugees (1941) was shown at documenta 14 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b documenta 14, daybook Foto Stamo , accessed on July 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ferid Hudhri: Albania through art . Onufri, Tirana 2003, ISBN 99927-53-67-6 , pp. 26-28 .
  3. ↑ Galeria Kombëtare e Arteve Ekspozitat e Shkuara , accessed on July 22, 2019. (Albanian)
  4. ↑ a b Piktori i popullit Photo Stamo eFatmir Haxhiu eskpertë të sigurimit. In: Shqiptarja.com. February 27, 2018, accessed July 22, 2019 (Albanian).
personal data
SURNAME Stamo, photo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stamo, photo Nikolla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Erind , Gjirokastra Qark
DATE OF DEATH 1989