As a great admirer of the Italian impressionists of the 19th and early 20th century, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of San Luca.

There he took a job as an art teacher at the French school, where he taught among other pupils the future leader of the country Enver Hoxha.

[citation needed] Thanks to a government scholarship, he could return to Rome and in 1924 successfully complete the studies with the graduation.

[citation needed] However the introduction and spread of impressionism is also credited to Albania's first woman professional artist, Androniqi Zengo Antoniu.

Further paintings are presented by his daughter Rozeta in his 2010 renovated house in Korçë, now known as the Museum Vangjush Mio.

In 1965 the Albanian documentary Vangjush Mio, piktor i popullit was produced, treating about his life and work.

During four days the city and the surrounding area are open studios and people can admire the paintings by artists from Albania and abroad .