Muslim Mulliqi (1934 – 13 January 1998) was an impressionist and expressionist painter of Kosovo. Born into a family of artists in town, Mulliqi attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade under Zoran Petrović, where he also continued his postgraduate studies. Mulliqi exhibited in galleries of Kosovo, ex-Yugoslavia, Italy and Albania. Mulliqi was the initiator of the foundation and vice-president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. He taught painting in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prishtina. Kosovo Art Gallery exhibition holds his name. While his creations are everlasting, academic Mulliqi was and will remain one of the most prominent figures of the Albanian art. He died in 1998 in Prishtina.Kosovo Academy of Arts and Science
His work is characterized by bold use of colors, firm rhythm, endless space, influenced by his native Dukagjin region.
Exhibitions Mulliqi exhibitions include: Pallati i Kulturës, Gjakovë(1952) Foajeu i Teatrit Popullor, Prishtinë(1956, 1960, 1965) Pallati i Kulturës, Smederevo; Galeria e Shtëpisë së APJ-së, Tuzla, Rieka, Pula(1967) Foajeu i Teatrit Popullor, Prishtinë(1969) Salloni i Vogël Figurativ, Novi Sad(1970) Galeria e APJ-së, Beograd(1973) Galeria "Gjuro Sallaj", Beograd(1974) Galeria "Heleoart", Rome(1975) Galeria e Arteve, Prishtinë(1979) Klubi i Artistëve, Prishtinë; Galeria Bashkëkohore, Podgorica(1980) Pallati i Kulturës, Banja Luka(1981) Galeria "Forum", Zagreb(1982, 1991) Galeria e Vogël, Ljubljana(1984) Galeria e Shtëpisë së APJ-së, Beograd(1986) Galeria Moderne, Budva(1987) Galeria e KO, Grožnjan(1989, 1990) La Galerie, Pejë, Galeria Kombëtare e Arteve, Tirana(1993) Galeria "Evropa", Pejë, Galeria "Roma", Prishtinë.(1996)
Awards Muslim Mulliqi has received the following awards:Artist's portfolio
1990, The First Prize for Painting 1974, Salon Prize 1974, Purchasing Prize 1973, Cetinje's Salon Purchasing Prize 1969, KAFA's Prize 1968, The Belgrade's Academy of Arts Purchasing Prize 1965, Prishtina City November Prize 1954, Kosova's December Prize
References
See also Kosova National Art Gallery Rexho Mulliqi Albanians in Kosovo