Messagg tal-Ministru ta' l-Edukazzjoni fl-okkazjoni tat-telfa ta' l-artist Malti Josef Kalleya

Messagg tal-Ministru ta' l-Edukazzjoni fl-okkazjoni tat-telfa ta' l-artist Malti Josef Kalleya

>Dan li jsegwi huwa t-test tal-messagg tal-Ministru ta’ l-Edukazzjoni, Dr.Louis Galea, fl-okkazjoni tat-telfa ta’ l-artist Malti Josef Kalleya -

"Artist Malti mill-aktar kreattiv, li kien ukoll ghal bosta snin ghalliem ta’ l-arti fl-iskejjel primarji tal-Gvern, Josef Kalleya, miet il-bierah.

Ghalkemm ghex hajja twila ta’ mitt sena, qatt ma naqas fih l-ispirtu taz-zghozija, jew ma tkabbar bih innifsu. L-istil ta’ l-’iblah ghal Kristu’ li kien xorob minghand Dun Gorg Preca, qatt ma hallih.

L-arti tieghu kienet tingharaf mid-daqqiet incisivi li kienu jolqtuk aktar bhad-dehra ta’ process li ghadu qed isehh, milli prodott mitmum. Ghalhekk il-lingwagg tieghu kien tassew modern u personali.

Kalleya kien konvint li bit-tjubija infinita ta’ Alla, anki l-istess Xitan kien fl-ahhar jigi mifdi. F’dan il-jum tat-twelid tieghu ghall-hajja ohra, il-Ministeru ta’ l-Edukazzjoni jsellimlu, b’radd ta’ hajr ghal kull ma ghamel ghall-iskejjel taghna u ghall-kultura tal-Malti u tal-Bniedem, u naghtu l-ghomor lill-eghziez tieghu."

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Message by the Minister of Education on the occasion of the sad loss of Maltese Artist Josef Kalleya

Following is text of message issued on the occasion of the sad loss of the Maltese artist Josef Kalleya by the Minister of Education, Dr. Louis Galea.

"One of the most creative of Maltese artists, Josef Kalleya, who for several years was a teacher of art in state primary schools, died yesterday.

Although he had reached the ripe age of 100 years, he never lost the zest for youth or became proud of himself. The "Fool for Christ" style, which he had absorbed from Dun Gorg Preca, never deserted him.

His works were easily recognisable because of the incisive strokes he used and which enabled the individual to view a process still taking place, rather than a finished product. His idiom was always contemporary and very personal.

Kalleya was convinced that Satan himself would be saved through the infinite goodness of God.

On this day of his birth to another life, the Ministry of Education salutes his memory, in gratitude for his contribution to our schools and to the culture of Malta and of Man, while offering condolences to his dearly cherished family."

07.10.98