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Zef Kolombi, an Albanian painter, was born on March 3, 1907 in Sarajevo. His father, John, was the owner of a hotel in Sarajevo. His father died in 1910 and a year later, his mother. Zef, along with his sister Vera, moved back to Shkodra to live with his grandmother. After the death of his grandmother, the two children were in the care of their godfather, Socrates Shkreli.

In Shkodra he finished elementary school-orphanage opened by the Austrians, and spent three years teaching in the Jesuit school. He found a devotion to painting, his passion, but with difficulty. He went to Italy and visited museums, art galleries and exhibitions of painting. At the age of 18 years Zef Columbus returned to Shkodër, and works as a clerk in the hotel "Grand".

Zef 1929 Columbus departs again for Italy, where he studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. Upon completion he went back to Albania and was appointed drawing teacher of Elbasan, where he spent the next 10 years. In 1936, married and had one son, Julian, and by the second marriage had another son Gjovalinin. He continued to paint and carry out the tasks of a teacher. Zef Kolombi painted with materials such as cloth, canvas, cardboard and plywood, while most of his work is in oil. Using more color red, brown, gjelbrën white. Zef works Columbus is located mainly at the National Gallery of Arts in Tirana. His portfolio consisted of 30 oil paintings containing realist landscapes(A Harvest, 1947), still-life(Grapes and Pears, 1940), and portraits(Julian, 1946). These paintings were often executed en plein air which are distinguished with a balance of composition and plethora of colours and tones.

The last two years of his life, he suffered from asthma and tuberculosis and died on January 23, 1949.