The people’s Painter Vangjush Miho was born in 1891 in
Korca. His drawings of 1906 are evidence of his passion
for painting when he was in the secondary school, which
he could not finish because of ill health. In 1908 his brother
took him in Bucharest where he had emigrated earlier. He
entered in the School of Fine Arts of Bucharest in painting
branch in 1915 and he graduated from his school in 1919.
In that same year Vangjush Miho put on his first personal,
exhibition which made his talent for landscape painting
known to general public. Upon his return to Albania in 1920
he put on Korca another personal exhibition, which was the
first of this kind in the country.
Later he entered in the Institute of Fine Arts in Rome an
institute in the academic tradition. In 1924 he got a scholar
ship from the state and he went to Rome again, where he
sat his last exams for the diploma of painter and restorer
of paintings.
Upon his final return o the homeland in 1924, Vangjush
Miho put up a studio in his house where he continued to
draw and paint without interrupting his work as a teacher
of drawing. Vangush Miho was engaged almost totally in
landscapes
In the meantime the number of his paintings constantly
grew. He had already formed his personality as an artist.
The subjects of his paintings were mainly the character
istic surroundings of Korca and its plain, of Pogradec
and the Ohri Lake, of Elbasan and Durres. His painting
became clearer and more decorative in style.
Vangjush Miho greeted with joy the liberation he con
tinued his work as a teacher of drawing for a few more
years in the secondary school in Korca., and he traveled
around the country and did many painting with motifs
from various regions and cities such as Berat, Vlora,
ecc.
The last time he took part in a national exhibition in
Tirana was November 1957, only one month before he
died on December 30 of the same year.
His works includes more than 400 oil paintings, land
scapes, still-lifes, portraits, as well as many drawings
which are outstanding for their artistic values and original
style.
His house and his studio in Korca have been turned into
a museum and he has the title “People’s Painter
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