Gholam Hossein Amirkhani
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Gholam Hossein Amirkhani (استاد غلامحسین امیرخانی) is an Iranian calligrapher, born in 1939 in Taleghan, Iran.[1] He is the chief of Iran calligraphers council, which established in 1950. He became a member of the Iran Calligraphers Association in 1965 and was named as the master of Iranian calligraphy in 1979.[2] In 2014, he held his first solo exhibition in 15 years, showing his latest works in Tehran's Sareban Gallery.[3]
In 2017 he was awarded Legion of Honor.[2]
References
- ^ "Calligraphist: Qolamhossein Amir Khani". caroun.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Calligrapher becomes 10th Iranian to win France's Legion of Honor". Iran Times International. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Amirkhani Synonymous With Calligraphy". Financial Tribune. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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