Hasan Çelebi Explained

Hasan Çelebi, born 1937 in Erzurum, Turkey, is a Turkish master of Islamic calligraphy. He is a student of Hamid Aytaç.

Çelebi has devoted his whole life to calligraphy, and has been described by Caryle Murphy of The Washington Post as one "of the most celebrated masters of classical Ottoman calligraphy style".^[1] His work was included in an exhibition of Iranian and Turkish calligraphy at the Saba Institute in Tehran.^[2] His former student, Mohammed Zakariya, is an American master calligrapher who lectures in the USA and in the Middle East.

See also

• Soraya Syed, a British Islamic calligrapher and artist, and one of Hasan Celebi's students
• Hasan Çelebi (Ottoman era), a disciple of Ahmed Karahisari

External links

• Hatvesanat.com (mainly)
• Calligraphers' Biographies (mainly)

Notes and References

1. Murphy, Caryle (2003) "Expressing Faith In Written Word; Islamic Calligrapher Shows His Devotion In Elegant Script Sanctified by Tradition", The Washington Post, October 26, 2003
2. "“Art Bridge from Istanbul to Tehran” coming to Saba institute", Tehran Times, September 22, 2009, retrieved 2010-01-22