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Toptani, Murad (Said)
(b Aka, Turkey, 1865; d Tiranë, 11 Feb 1918). Albanian sculptor, collector and poet of Turkish birth. His family was in exile in Turkey, and he began his studies in the school of Madame Fyres (1878), finishing them in the Sultanie Lycée of Galatasaray in Istanbul (1894). Toptani’s artistic work is intrinsically linked to his efforts in the struggle for Albanian independence. Works such as the bust of Skanderbeg (bronze, 1917; Tiranë, A.G.) reveal his realistic style, which is permeated by a naive romanticism. His patriotism and romanticism also infect his poetry. Little of his work and his rich private collection of objects of applied Albanian folk art remains, as his house and gallery in Tiranë were burnt down by the anti-patriotic forces in 1913.
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