Abdurrahim Buza

Abdurrahim Buza (22 December 1905 – 7 November 1986) was an Albanian painter in the 20th century.

Education Buza was born on December 22, 1905, in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia), to a family from Gjakova.

He pursued basic education in Shkodra, and then secondary studies at the Qemal Stafa High School in Tirana, with the help of Bajram Curri. As a student there, he took part in the June Revolution of June 1924.

Buza was later granted a government scholarship for further studies in Fine Arts in Italy. In 1933 Buza, along with his contemporaries, painter Andrea Kushi, sculptor Odhise Paskali, and painter Mario Ridola, founded the Drawing Artistic School, the first Fine Arts school to open in Tirana, Albania.

In 1935, he painted the first Albanian nude at a time when they were considered to be immoral and unacceptable in Albanian society. Buza's national level exhibit was held in April 1945.

Achievements During his lifetime, he created around 500 oil paintings and thousands of drawings and graphics. His works are preserved in the National Gallery of Arts in Tirana. He given the "Painter of Merit" award by the Albanian Parliament in 1960 and the "Painter of the People" award in 1978.

Notable works

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