Education
She studied at the Arts Lyceum, Tiranë (1930-1934), and at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in Rome, Italy (1938-1941), and made her début with My Friend (marble, 1941. Rome, private collection).
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Kristina Koljaka
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Career
Her success was affirmed with the monumental statue of Vladimir Lenin (bronze, h 4 m, 1954. Tiranë). She made sculptures on various themes, for example Seedlings (Afforestation) (coloured plaster, 1951), as well as portraits, like the life-size Doctor Shiroka (marble, 1956. Both Tiranë, AG). The gentle plasticity and clear outlines in her work convey a human warmth and awareness of space.
The hands and other details of a portrait are often underpinned by a characteristic acumen.
Koljaka is considered among the finest Albanian sculptors and teachers of sculpture. She died on 21 October 2005, at the age of 89.
