Esat Valla

Esat Valla (b. 1944 in Đakovica) is a Kosovar Albanian painter noted for his figuritive paintings of small animals or insects such as butterflies and birds.

He was born in Đakovica, at the time part of Nazi-occupied Albania (now Kosovo) and graduated from the Academy of Figurative Arts in Belgrade in 1971 studying the specialist art under Professor Zoran Petrovic. He is a member of the KAFA since 1976 [ [http://www.albanianarts.com/aart/artists_portfolio.php?id=0000000136 Albanian arts.com] ] .

He resides in Pristina where many of his awards have been won.

Notable awards

*1974 - "The Public's Prize" ,Spring Salon, Pristina
*1978 - "League of Prizren Prize" , Prizren
*1980, "The Public's Prize" , Spring Salon , Pristina
*1982, "Mosa Pijade Prize" , the ll-th Kosova Spring Salon , Pristina
*1983 Prize at the 9th Biennial of Drawing , Pristina
*1988 "The Public's Prize" , Spring Salon , Pristina
*1994, "Prize for Painting ", The Migration contest

ee also

*List of Albanian painters

References