{"id":8412,"date":"2026-07-07T00:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/zajmi-b\/---b31c5177-99ad-425e-bb58-6d7250889752"},"modified":"2026-07-07T00:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:06:05","slug":"zajmi-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/2026\/07\/07\/zajmi-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Zajmi B."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zajmi B. was born in Tirana, part of the modern Albanian painters. He started visual art in 1956 with drawings and paintings that, together, can reach a collection of over 8000 works. He completed his higher education in graphics at the University of Leipzig in Germany. Known for his distinctive expressive style, exhibiting a strong inclination towards stylized figures and decorative color relationships infused with light. He is known as a painter with a special expressive language, where the strong tendency of the artist is felt in the stylization of figures and decorative ratios of delicate colors with light. His artistic theme is diverse. He has realized a pictorial cycle with over 2000 works dedicated to the city of Tirana. Zajmi B., during his extensive careers, has also engaged with various illustrations for children. <i>(In the photo: Zajmi&#8217;s work &#8220;The Bride of Tirana&#8221;, 2008, oil on cardboard.)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text: <\/strong>Drishti Y., <i>100 years of Tirana in painting; 1920\u20132020 <\/i>, &#8220;Mediaprint&#8221;, Tirana, 2020, page 82.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 Zajmi B., author&#8217;s collection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zajmi B. was born in Tirana, part of the modern Albanian painters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ditelindje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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