biri i Shën Kostandinitson of San Costantino
1955 — 2009
«Kush lë ngjyra, nëng ikën kurrë.»Whoever leaves colours never goes away.
«I live mostly by breathing.»
Arbëresh painter and sculptor. He painted his village, San Costantino Albanese, and filled it with his works.
His life →Works
31 works
A man sleeps on the steps of a church, his boots in the foreground.
The Wedding of Skanderbeg
mural
The Death of Skanderbeg
A village feast: the accordion, the glasses, everyone’s faces.
A farmer reaps wheat at night, under the moon.
In the kitchen: two women and a man in a hat around the table, the wine jug.
A woman in the white headdress of the Arbëresh costume, with a red necklace.
A woman in costume, white shawl and red necklace.
A young woman with a jug beside the well.
By the lit fireplace: an old woman and a man sitting in the kitchen.
A woman kneads bread; behind her, a white figure.
A man in a hat before the village roofs; a bird in the sky.
A man beside his ox.
A man smokes, hand to his chin, against red and blue.
The village among olive trees and green hills.
Rocks and a small white church in the valley.
A twisted tree towers over the valley.
A figure in a blue mantle moves through the crowd.
A crowd of figures, trees and bright colours.
Birds and upturned bodies among coloured stones.
Reclining figures, a mask, a red rose in the foreground.
Armed men struggling, in earth tones.
The cellar and its barrels, beneath the arms of Basilicata and the Albanian eagle.
mural
Three musicians, violin and guitar, under a great red sun.
mural
A dancer in costume, carved in wood.
wood relief
Skanderbeg, the hero of the Arbëreshë: his head with the long beard, carved and painted.
sculpture
Skanderbeg in armour, holding his sword across his chest.
sculpture
On pink paper: a bearded man in a hat, a guitar above him.
drawing
A reclining figure, a mask, a guitar and a fish.
drawing
Expulsion
drawing
Sacrifice
drawing