Agim Çavdarbasha

Agim Çavdarbasha (Serbo-Croatian: Agim Čavdarbaša, Агим Чавдарбаша) (24 March 1944 – 20 October 1999) was a Kosovo Albanian sculptor.^[1] Çavdarbasha was a major influence on contemporary sculpture in Kosovo.

National Theatre in Pristina

Born in Peć, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (modern-day Peja, Kosovo), he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts of Belgrade in 1969 and the Academy of Arts of Ljubljana in 1971.^[1]

He was a member of the Academy of Figurative of Arts of Kosovo and later of the Academy of Science and Arts.^[1]

His atelier in Čaglavica was put to flame during the 2004 unrests, but was rebuilt and today stands as a museum.^[1][2]

Works

His works include the statues of Ymer Prizreni and Abdyl Frashëri displayed at the League of Prizren museum. During the Kosovo War, Serbian policemen threw the statues into a nearby river and the museum was burnt.^[1]

His 1987 sculpture The Women of Lybeniq shows women leaning to see Gani Bobi's funeral.^[3]