Abdurrahim Buza | Figurative painter

Abdurrahim Buza (1905-1986) was born in Skopje of a family from Gjakova in Kosovo. With the help of Bajram Curri, he was able to get a basic education in Shkodra and Tirana and then attend the Normal School (Shkolla Normale) in Elbasan (1923-1928). As a student there, he took an active part in the so-called Democratic Revolution of June 1924. He was subsequently able to study in Italy on an Albanian government scholarship. Together with sculptor Odhise Paskali, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Turin for a year, and then continued his training as a painter in Florence, 1933.