Liljana Zaninović Tanay was born on 17 October 1956 in Zagreb, Croatia.
She graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology in Zagreb and from
postgraduate studies in international marketing at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb.
She started her career as a teacher at the Trade School in Zagreb and during that period
she was a member of the Trade and Commercial Schools Programme Development Board. From 1982
to 1990 she was assistant principal in the Trade School. She has written numerous professional
articles and handbooks in the field of goods technology and market research. In 1988 she and
her husband started Studio Tanay, an education and publishing company (specialized in art
education), which has gained a high reputation in art education through its numerous workshops
and exhibitions at home and abroad. She has also written a textbook for students of the Trade
School and the Commercial School.
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Emil Robert Tanay was born on 7 March 1944 in Zagreb, Croatia.
He graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. From 1967
to 1972 he was associate at the Krsto Hegedušić Master Workshop. He specialized in
fresco-painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1974. Afterwards, he became a teacher
at the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb. From 1982 to 1988 he was counsellor at the Education
and Pedagogy Institute of Croatia. In 1988 he became assistant professor at the Art Education
Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he is today Professor of Art Education
Teaching Methods.
Emil Robert Tanay has exhibited at home and abroad and has also shown in many group
exhibitions. He was awarded first prize at the Fifth Biennial of Young Artists in Rijeka in
1971, and in 1974 he won an award at the seventh Young Artists' Salon in Zagreb. Besides
painting, he researches teaching methods of art education and encourages artistically talented
children. He is President of the Croatian Art Teachers' Association (an affiliate of the InSEA),
vicepresident of InSEA and a member of the Croatian Fine Artists Association. He published two
books and many articles at home and abroad. He is coordinator of the Art Education Board for
primary schools and associate of the Croatian Ministry of Education. He runs the International
Summer School of Art Education of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb.
Emil Robert Tanay was received International Ziegfried's Award in 2001 for his contribution to
art education.
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