Tahir Emra (born 1938) is an

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painter. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo.

Biography

Tahir Emra was born on March 10, 1938 in

Gjakova Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants. Geographicall ...

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. He attended the School of Arts of

Peć Peja (Definiteness, Indefinite Albanian language, Albanian Albanian morphology#Nouns (declension), form: ''Pejë'' ) or Peć ( sr-Cyrl, Пећ ) is the fourth largest List of cities and towns in Kosovo, city of Kosovo and seat of Peja Municipali ...

. In 1966 he graduated from the Academy of Figurative Arts of Belgrade. He was a founding member Academy of Figurative Arts of Kosovo in 1974. He is considered one of the proponents of contemporary art in Kosovo in the 1960s. His works were exhibited throughout

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in the 1970s and the 1980s. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. In 2013, a monograph was published by the Academy on the occasion of Emra's 75th birthday.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Emra, Tahir Albanian painters 1938 births Living people Kosovan painters Artists from Gjakova