Gholam Hossein Amirkhani Explained

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. In 2014, he held his first solo exhibition in 15 years, showing his latest works in Tehran's Sareban Gallery.[2]

In 2017 he was awarded Legion of Honor.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calligraphist: Qolamhossein Amir Khani. caroun.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114727/http://www.caroun.com/Calligraphy/Iran/QolamhosseinAmirkhani/QolamhosseinAmirkhani1.html. 4 March 2016. dead.
  2. News: Amirkhani Synonymous With Calligraphy. 26 January 2015. Financial Tribune. 22 January 2017.
  3. News: Calligrapher becomes 10th Iranian to win France's Legion of Honor. 23 April 2022. Iran Times International. 26 May 2017.

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