Portraits of the Famous by Gazmend Freitag

Albanian artist Gazmend Freitag (1968) in front of his paintings at exhibition to Embassy of Albania in Vienna, 2015. Photo: Keti Berisha   Fascination and respect – portraits of the Famous by Gazmend Freitag What motivates an artist to draw the portraits of historical and contemporary figures? Fascination and respect, is the opinion of the

Gazmend Freitag porträtiert Sigmund Freud

Gazmend Freitag: Sigmund Freud, 2018

Gazmend Freitag porträtiert Dua Lipa

Gazmend Freitag: Dua Lipa, 2018, Bleistift auf Papier, 59,4 x 42 cm

Portraits „Celebrities“ by Gazmend Freitag

Albanian artist Gazmend Freitag (1968) in front of a portrait of the well-known Albanian author Ismail Kadare at exhibition to „Embassy of the Republic of Albania“ in Vienna, 2015.  

Gazmend Freitag and Bonnie Tyler

Gazmend Freitag, Bonnie Tyler, Linz, 18.02.2017   It is a great pleasure for me to meet Bonnie Tyler the British pop and rock singer, in our city, in the ARCOTEL Nike Linz  

Gazmend Freitag and Vittorio Sgarbi

Gazmend Freitag, Vittorio Sgarbi, Verona, 13.02.2014 1st Biennale of the Creativity, VeronaIt’s pleasure for me to be here in Verona. Here is a special atmosphere and so much to see. The Biennale of Creativity give me the oppotunity to know the artist landscape in Italy and an other culture. I have to say I’m feeling like

Faidherbe by Gazmend Freitag

Gazmend Freitag: Faidherbe, 2017. Privatsammlung!  

Gazmend Freitag and the young Nadége

What happens when an artist meets his muse? He becomes inspired and obsessed with by her presence and can’t stop painting day and night. The results are historical interpretations (“Baresha”) and a vast collection of portraits that pay homage to their relationship. The painting of the young Nadége occupies a special place in this Pantheon

Albanian top artist Gazmend Freitag with female artists

Albanian top artist Gazmend Freitag with female artists Sonjuschka, Keti Berisha and Lisa Grüner, Vienna, 2015 Gazmend Freitag was born on the 25th of May in Pataçan i Poshtëm in the Albanian part of Kosovo. He is a well known contemporary painter. Since 2004 he lives in Linz, Austria. 2013 and 2014 he attended the

THE SECOND NOVEMBER BY GAZMEND FREITAG

GAZMEND FREITAG was born on 25 May 1968 in Pataqani i Poshtëm, Kosovo. At the time, his father Asllan had emigrated and was working in Lyon, France. Even though his mother Qamile could barely read and write, she was described as a generous, endearing and good-hearted woman. She gave birth altogether to five boys, of