Wangyush Mio ( Alb. Vangjush Mio ; March 3, 1891 , Korca - December 30, 1957 , Tirana ) - Albanian landscape painter , portraitist , draftsman . Wangush Mio was the first impressionist and the most famous landscape painter of Albania of the 20th century . In addition, he was a significant portrait painter , leaving impressive examples of nudity painting [~ 1] . Cooperated as an artist of the scene with the theater of the city of Korca [1] .
| Wangyush Mio | |
|---|---|
 Self portrait | |
| Birth name | alb. Vangjush mio |
| Date of Birth | March 3, 1891 |
| Place of Birth | Korca , Albania (then - the Ottoman Empire ) |
| Date of death | December 30, 1957 (66 years) |
| Place of death | Tirana , People’s Socialist Republic of Albania |
| Citizenship |  Ottoman Empire → Albanian Kingdom → Albania |
| Genre | landscape painter , portrait painter , draftsman |
| Style | impressionism |
The uniqueness of the heritage of Wangusz Mio for Albania isolated from the outside world is in its openness, ability to resonate when compared with other cultures ( Romanian , Italian ), in the bosom of which the artist's personality was formed [2] .
The favorite motifs of Wangusz Mio are the environs of his hometown Korce , Pogradec ; among other localities of Albania are the suburbs of Tirana , Elbasan in Central Albania; Berat (south of Tirana ); Himare on the Ionian coast; Girokastry in the south [3] .
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Biography
Vangjush Mio was born on March 3, 1891 in Korce , in the south-east of Albania.
In 1908, together with his brother [~ 2] [4] he went to Bucharest , Romania , where he studied at the National School of Fine Arts (rum.) From 1915 to 1919. In 1919, in the year of the end of art education in the Romanian capital, he opened here his first solo exhibition. Next year - exhibition in native Korce [~ 3] .
From 1920 to 1924 (with interruptions related to lack of money), he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome , in addition, he traveled extensively in Italy during the 20s . Mio with great reverence for the realistic tradition in Italian painting of the XIX-th - the beginning of the XX-th century ; He was interested in the discoveries of impressionist artists . Around 1923, Wangush Mio taught fine art at Korca High School in French. Having finally returned to Korce, in those years one of the most cultural cities of Albania, Mio founded the Association of Fine Arts and repeatedly participated in various exhibitions, step by step acquiring the status of the most famous painter of Albania during the interwar period.
In 1942, the artist organized a solo exhibition in the Italian city of Bari .
More than 400 graphic and pictorial works of Mio are kept in the museums and art galleries of Tirana and Korca.
Memory
In Korce, in the artist’s birthplace, the local Palace of Culture bears his name, as well as one of the streets. In addition, the Vangyush Mio House Museum (founded in 1945; reconstructed in 1995), one of the most visited art museums in Albania, was opened in Korce [~ 4] [5] [6] .
Literature
- Kuka, Suzana Varvarica. Vangjush Mio, People's painter [album ] / Agalliu, Dhurata (ed.). - Tiranë: Gent grafik, 2014. - 420 p. Archived copy from June 1, 2015 on the Wayback Machine (alb.) [7] [8]
Links
- Video, 6 min. 15 s 1966 film Vangjush Mio, piktor i popullit - Part 1 (alb.)
- Video, 6 min. 15 s 1966 film Vangjush Mio, piktor i popullit - Part 2 (alb.)
Notes
- Comments
- ↑ Wangyush Mio nude brush model reproduced on a postage stamp of Albania: Stamp catalog: Stamp ‹Nude Painting by Vangjush Mio (Eng.) . Colnect.com (22 December 2011). The appeal date is June 23, 2015.
- В Wangyush's younger brother, Socrates Mio (alb.) (March 16, 1902 - August 14, 1992) - Albanian director and actor. During his stay in Bucharest with his elder brother, he saw the play of the great actor Alexander Moissi (1879–1935); youthful impression decided the future fate of Socrates Mio. In 1953, S. Mio starred in a small role in the film The Great Warrior of Albania Skanderbeg (USSR, Albania).
- ↑ The 1920 exhibition of Wangusz Mio in Korce was apparently the first solo exhibition of visual art in Albania in general.
- ↑ The funds of the House Museum of Mio in Croce twice suffered for 18 years from perfect thefts: in 1994, 21 paintings were stolen and another 30 from 2012: Dritehijet e Piktorit te Popullit Vangjush Mio (Alb.) . Shqiperia.com (2012). The appeal date is June 23, 2015.
- Sources
- T Shtëpia muze e piktorit Vangjush Mio (alb.) . Albania.al. The appeal date is June 23, 2015.
- ↑ “VANGJUSH MIO” 420 ILUSTRIME, PIKTURA, VIZATIME DHE FOTOGRAFI (alb.) (Not available link) . GAZETA SHQIPTARE (December 24, 2014). The date of circulation is June 23, 2015. Archived December 27, 2014.
- ↑ Elsie, Robert. Albanian Art: Vangjush Mio (1891-1957) (English) (inaccessible link) . Albanianart.net. The date of circulation is June 23, 2015. Archived February 21, 2016.
- ↑ Socrates Mio . OKino.ua (May 17, 2014). The appeal date is June 24, 2015.
- ↑ Korçë, zhdukja e pikturave të Mios Topi e Xega në seancë gjyqësore (alb.) . Shiqptarja .com (December 11, 2012). The appeal date is June 23, 2015.
- ↑ Mio, Suzana. Korçë: Zhduken 60 vepra, mungon inventari (alb.) . Gazeta SHQIP Online (July 10, 2012). The appeal date is June 23, 2015.
- ↑ Nikolli, Fatmira. Suzana Varvarica: Veprat e vjedhura të Vangjush Mios (Alb.) . BalkanWeb.com (December 27, 2014). The appeal date is June 23, 2015.
- ↑ Kuka, Suzana Varvarica. Studiuesja Suzana Varvarica Kuka prezanton monografine per piktorin Vangjush Mio (alb.) . LA JME: NewsDesk Albanian Radio Television (January 26, 2015). The appeal date is June 23, 2015.