Ibrahim Kodra
Ibrahim Likmetaj Kodra was an Albanian painter. An internationally known painter, he is regarded as one of the greatest Albanian artists.
Kodra was born in Ishm , Albania, son of Murat and Xhixhe. The fact that he never returned to his town while alive, and the last will to be buried in Ishem, Durrs indicate that his childhood was not a happy one. Indeed, his mother died when he was young, and the he did not receive adequate treatment from his stepmother. His father was working in the Commercial Marine. Ibrahim took art classes from Odhise Paskali during 1929, focusing on sport as well. Kodra practiced discus and hammer throw, without pretending any professional career in sport, since those disciplines were not even present in Albania at that time. While taking drawing classes, one of his drawings would come into the focus of Queen Geraldine. This would change his course of life, and later it would be speculated that he was friend of Prince Tati and part of the royal circle, which was not true, though it never seriously bothered the artist. In 1938, he went to Italy to study fine arts supported by a scholarship from the
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