Masar Caka (1946 - 2000) was an Albanian painter. He was a professor at the

University of Pristina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the ...

and the Academy of Figurative Arts of Kosovo, located in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in District of Pristina, Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population o ...

. Masar Caka was born on 13 April 1946 in Gjakova,

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. He graduated from the Academy of Figurative Arts of Belgrade in 1972. In 1982 he received a master's degree from the same institution. Since 1976 he was a member of the Academy of Figurative Arts of Kosovo. Masar Caka was a professor at the faculty of arts of the University of Pristina. Later he taught at the Academy of Figurative Arts of Kosovo. He died in 2000. His works, which many times consisted of visionary human forms influenced many artists of the younger generation.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caka, Masar Kosovan painters 1946 births 2000 deaths Academic staff of the University of Pristina Artists from Gjakova 20th-century Albanian painters Yugoslav Albanians Yugoslav painters