Tahir Emra

Tahir Emra was born on 10 March 1938, in Gjakova, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).^[1] He attended the School of Arts of Peja.^[1] 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 was considered one of the proponents of contemporary art in Kosovo in the 1960s.^[1]

His works were exhibited throughout Yugoslavia in the 1970s and the 1980s. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo.^[1] In 2013, a monograph was published by the Academy on the occasion of Emra's 75th birthday.^[2]

Emra died on 7 October 2024, at the age of 86.^[3]