Ibrahim Kodra
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Ibrahim Kodra, Milan, 1961
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Ibrahim Likmetaj Kodra April 22, 1918 Ishëm, Albania |
| Died | February 7, 2006 (aged 87) Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Education | Accademia di Brera, Milan |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing, Writing |
| Awards | Honor of Nation Order, by President of the Republic of Albania, 1996 |
| Website | ibrahimkodra |
Ibrahim Likmetaj Kodra (April 22, 1918 - February 7, 2006) was an Albanian painter. An internationally known painter, he is regarded as the greatest Albanian artist.
Kodra was born in Ishëm (Ishmi), Albania, son of Murat and Xhixhe. His mother died when he was young, and he did not receive adequate treatment from his stepmother. His father was working in the Commercial Marine.
Ibrahim took art classes from Odhise Paskali during 1929, focusing on sport as well. Kodra practiced discus and hammer throw, without pretending any professional career in sport, since those disciplines were not even present in Albania at that time. While taking drawing classes, one of his drawings would come into the focus of Queen Geraldine. This would change his course of life, and later it would be speculated that he was friend of Prince Tati and part of the royal circle, which was not true, though it never seriously bothered the artist. In 1938, he went to Italy to study fine arts supported by a scholarship from the Albanian Kingdom, and there he won a second scholarship from the Italian government as an emerging talent with the intervention of Jacomoni, and went to study in Milano in the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera.
In 1944 he opened his first workshop in Milan; in 1948 he opened a personal and group exposition in the "Art Club" in Rome, where he met and become friend of Pablo Picasso, which often will be contested on artistic reflections. In 1950 he painted frescos in the most important museums and buildings of Milan. Kodra then opened an exposition with Picasso, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Georges Rouault, Dufy and others in the Mostra del Disegno in Chiavari (Italy).
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