Gholam Hossein Amirkhani

Gholam Hossein Amirkhani (استاد غلامحسین امیرخانی) is a Persian 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
  1. "Calligraphist: Qolamhossein Amir Khani". caroun.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. "Calligrapher becomes 10th Iranian to win France's Legion of Honor". Iran Times International. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. "Amirkhani Synonymous With Calligraphy". Financial Tribune. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.


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