as a painter and produced over 400 drawings and 130 paintings within 40 years. Among 60 items of his work can be admired at the National Gallery of Figurative Arts of Albania in Tirana. Further paintings are presented by his daughter Rozeta in his 2010 renovated house in Korçë, now known as the Museum Vangjush Mio. In 1994 twenty one paintings were stolen from that museum and are still missing. An additional 27 paintings for an estimated value of US$300,000 were reported missing in July 2012. Among the 27 missing paintings, there were some of the painter's initial works dating in the late part of the 1920s. Honors Vangjush Mio was honored with the title Painter of the People (Piktor i Popullit). In 1965 the Albanian documentary Vangjush Mio, piktor i popullit was produced, treating about his life and work. The cultural center of Korçë was named after him. Since 2007, always at the end of October the Mio’s Days Festival takes place in Korçë. During four days the city and the surrounding area are open studios and people can admire the paintings by artists from Albania and abroad . On the last day of the festival all the paintings are exhibited in the cultural center. Since some years the winners of a nationwide competition of Fine Arts are awarded with the Vangjush Mio Price. References Robert Elsie, ‘Website of the Albanologist about albanian art, albanianart.net Information about Mio in the Gazeta Kritika Forum, gazetakritika.net Entries about the painter in the media archive Infoarkiv, infoarkiv.com Online City Guide inyourpocket about the Museum Vangjush Mio in Korçë, inyourpocket.com External links Illustrations of some of Mio's works, albanianart.net National Gallery of Figurative Arts of Albania 1891 births 1957 deaths People from Korçë 19th-century Albanian painters Albanian male painters 20th-century Albanian painters People from Manastir vilayet