List of calligraphers
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- Aizu YaichiAizu Yaichiwas a Japanese poet, calligrapher and historian.-Biography:Yaichi was born in the Furumachi area of Niigata, Niigata, and was a professor emeritus of ancient Chinese and Japanese art at Waseda University...
- Mark L'Argent (UK Calligrapher/Lettering Stylist)http://www.largent-art.co.uk
- Ewan Clayton
- Sylvie Gokulsing
- fernando lembo di Pino
- Carol Huff
- Susan Hufton
- Thomas IngmireThomas IngmireThomas Ingmire is an American calligrapher, born in 1942 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1977 he became the first American elected to England's Society of Scribes and Illuminators with a craft membership status. He is one of the illuminators of the St. John's Bible.Ingmire received his B.A. in...
- Donald JacksonDonald Jackson (calligrapher)Donald Jackson, born in 1938 in Lancashire, England, is a British calligrapher, official scribe and calligrapher to the Crown Office of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Jackson is artistic director of The Saint John's Bible, a recent, hand-written and illuminated Grand Bible...
- Konoe NobutadaKonoe Nobutadawas a Momoyama period Japanese courtier known as a poet, calligrapher, painter and diarist. Having no legitimate son, he adopted his nephew Nobuhiro as his heir...
- Lee Eung-ro
- Hassan MassoudyHassan MassoudyHassan Massoudy , born in 1944, considered by the French writer Michel Tournier as the "greatest living calligrapher", currently lives in Paris.-Biography:Hassan Massoudy was born in 1944 in Najaf. He grew up in a traditional society...
- Ono no MichikazeOno no Michikazewas a prominent Shodōka who lived in the Heian period . One of the so-called Sanseki 三跡 , along with Fujiwara no Sukemasa and Fujiwara no Yukinari...
- Arthur BakerArthur Baker (calligrapher)Arthur Baker was the creator of a distinctive and dramatic style of brush and pen calligraphy.Arthur Baker was born on the West coast of the United States....
- Pat BlairPat BlairPat Blair is an American calligrapher. She is currently the White House Chief Calligrapher working in the Graphics and Calligraphy Office at the White House....
- Timothy BottsTimothy BottsTimothy Botts is a noted calligrapher and illustrator. He has published several books containing calligraphic inscriptions of biblical passages. He has taught seminars at such places as Regent College and College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois...
- Tim Noad
- Sun GuotingSun GuotingSun Guoting or Sun Qianli , was a Chinese calligrapher of the early Tang Dynasty, remembered for his cursive calligraphy and his Treatise on Calligraphy . The work was the first important theoretical work on Chinese calligraphy, and has remained important ever since, though only its preface...
- Robert HaasRobert Haas (calligrapher)Robert Samuel Haas was a Viennese-born calligrapher, typographer, photographer, art collector and book designer. He emigrated to the United States in 1939.From 1939 to 1940 he taught calligraphy and photography at Goddard College....
- Onoe SaishuOnoe Saishuwas a Japanese tanka poet and calligrapher.Saishū wrote a poetry column for the magazine Shinsei . He also founded the Shazensō Sha in 1905, which stressed clarity, simplicity, and capturing ordinary experiences in poetry...
- Reza AbbasiReza AbbasiRiza Abbasi, Riza yi-Abbasi or Reza-e Abbasi, رضا عباسی in Persian, usually "Riza" or Reza Abbasi also Aqa Riza or Āqā Riżā Kāshānī was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period, spending most of his career working for Shah Abbas I...
- Luigi SerafiniLuigi SerafiniLuigi Serafini is an Italian artist, architect and designer. He is best known for creating the Codex Seraphinianus, an illustrated encyclopedia of imaginary things in a constructed language...
- Shen YinmoShen YinmoShen Yinmo was born in Wuxing, Zhejiang province. After studying in Japan he returned to China, taking part in the May Fourth Movement. Like many others he published in Xin Qingnian . He was then already a famous calligrapher and writer...
- Hattat Aziz EfendiHattat Aziz EfendiHattat Aziz Efendi was an Ottoman calligrapher.-References:*Muhittin Serin: Hattat Aziz Efendi, Istanbul , ISBN 9-7576-6303-4, -External links:* by Muhittin Serin. *...
- Cai YongCai YongCai Yong was a Chinese scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was well-versed in calligraphy, music, mathematics and astronomy. One of his daughters is the famous Cai Wenji.-Early life:...
- Han Seok-bongHan Seok-bongHan Seok-bong was a leading mid-Joseon period calligrapher. He composed calligraphy for the royal court of Korea.Born in Songdo in the early sixteenth century, in the reign of King Jungjong, Han became a master calligrapher and the primary transcriber for the next king of Joseon, Seonjo. During...
- Huang TingjianHuang TingjianHuang Tingjian was a Chinese artist. He is predominantly known as a calligrapher, but was also admired for his painting and poetry. He was one of the Four masters of the Song Dynasty, and was a student of Su Shi at his school of literati painting.Huang is generally regarded as the finest and most...
- Ingen Ryuki
- Jalil RasouliJalil RasouliMohammad Jalil Rasouli is a notable Iranian artist and Persian calligrapher.He is one of the pioneering figure in modernist movement of Persian calligraphy.-External links:*...
- Jiang KuiJiang KuiJiāng Kuí was a famous Chinese poet, composer and calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. He composed numerous poems, including the famous "He Bei Lai" and the more well known "San Wan Yue."...
- Karl-Erik ForsbergKarl-Erik ForsbergKarl-Erik Forsberg , Swedish calligrapher, typographer, graphic designer, type designer and artist. His brother Vidar Forsbergand was also a designer. His wife was Geith Forsberg....
- Tim GazeAsemic writingAsemic writing is a wordless open semantic form of writing. The word asemic means "having no specific semantic content". With the nonspecificity of asemic writing there comes a vacuum of meaning which is left for the reader to fill in and interpret. All of this is similar to the way one would...
- Karlgeorg HoeferKarlgeorg HoeferKarlgeorg Hoefer was a German calligrapher and typographer.Hoefer was born in Schlesisch-Drehnow in Silesia. He taught typography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach...
- Michael JacobsonAsemic writingAsemic writing is a wordless open semantic form of writing. The word asemic means "having no specific semantic content". With the nonspecificity of asemic writing there comes a vacuum of meaning which is left for the reader to fill in and interpret. All of this is similar to the way one would...
- Edward JohnstonEdward JohnstonEdward Johnston, CBE was a British-Uruguayan craftsman who is regarded, with Rudolf Koch, as the a father of modern calligraphy, in the form of the broad edged pen as a writing tool, a particular form of calligraphy....
- Kim Eung-heonKim Eung-heonKim Eung-Heon was a prominent South Korean calligrapher. In 1956, Kim and others supporters of Korean traditional culture established the Tongbang Yonsohoe for the purpose of researching and promoting Eastern calligraphy...
- Rudolf KochRudolf Kochthumb|250px|[[Fraktur]] fonts by Rudolf KochRudolf Koch was a leading German calligrapher, typographic artist and teacher, born in Nuremberg. He was primarily a calligrapher with the Gebr. Klingspor foundry. He created several typefaces, in both fraktur and roman styles...
- Robert Field
- Liu GongquanLiu GongquanLiu Gongquan , courtesy name Chengxuan , was a Chinese calligrapher who stood with Yan Zhenqing as the two great masters of late Tang calligraphy....
- Louis MadaraszLouis MadaraszLouis Madarasz was an American calligrapher, born in San Antonio, Texas, regarded as one of the most highly skilled ornamental penmen of all time.-Early life:...
- Mi Guangjiang
- Mir Ali TabriziMir Ali TabriziMir Ali Tabrizi also known as Mir Ali Heravi is distinguished Persian. The precision of tradition still allows for creativity, and there is a telling story of a famous Persian calligrapher, Mir Ali Tabrizi Mir Ali Tabrizi also known as Mir Ali Heravi (b. in Herat Afghanistan and d. in Tabriz in...
- Mir Emad HassaniMir Emad HassaniMir Emad is perhaps the most celebrated Persian calligrapher. It is believed that the Nasta'liq style reached its highest elegance in Mir Emad's works...
- Mishkin Qalam
- Ouyang XunOuyang XunOuyang Xun , courtesy name Xinben , was a Confucian scholar and calligrapher of the early Tang Dynasty. He was born in Hunan, Changsha, to a family of government officials; and died in modern Anhui province.-Achievements:...
- Qu LeileiQu LeileiQu Lei Lei is a modern Chinese calligrapher, painter and author currently based in the UK.Qu grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and spent some time forced to work as a lumberjack after his parents were branded capitalists...
- Shingai TanakaShingai TanakaShingai Tanaka was a Japanese calligrapher who studied under Master Goshin Yasui, becoming one of the country's best shodō artists. He is the author of the book Sho, Le calligraphes de kyoto, ed...
- Wang Xianzhi
- Wang XizhiWang XizhiWang Xizhi was a Chinese calligrapher, traditionally referred to as the Sage of Calligraphy , who lived during the Jin Dynasty...
- Osman WaqiallaOsman WaqiallaOsman Waqialla , , Sudanese artist, calligrapher.-Early life and career:Waqialla was born in Rufa'a, in Central Sudan, Al Jazirah state on the banks of the Blue Nile.He graduated from the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, Sudan...
- Sheila WatersSheila WatersSheila Waters is a calligrapher and teacher. She was born in Gravesend, England and graduated from the Medway College of Art in Kent and at the Royal College of Art in London...
- Owen Williams
- Wei ShuoWei ShuoWei Shuo , courtesy name Mouyi , sobriquet He'nan , commonly addressed just as Lady Wei , was a Chinese calligrapher of Eastern Jin, who established consequential rules about the regular script. Her famous disciple was Wang Xizhi....
- Dave WoodDave WoodDave Wood is an Australian calligrapher born in Manchester, England. Among his teachers was Donald Jackson. In 1983, he became the first calligrapher ever to be exhibited individually in New Zealand. He published The Painted Word, which includes many of his works.-External links:**-References:...
- Yan Zhenqin
- Wang Lixin
- Aizu YaichiAizu Yaichiwas a Japanese poet, calligrapher and historian.-Biography:Yaichi was born in the Furumachi area of Niigata, Niigata, and was a professor emeritus of ancient Chinese and Japanese art at Waseda University...
- Herman Zapf
- Zhang XuZhang Xu (calligrapher)Zhang Xu , courtesy name: Bogao , was a Chinese calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty.A native of Suzhou, he became an official during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Zhang was known as one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup...
- Zhao MengfuZhao MengfuZhao Mengfu courtesy name Ziang , pseudonyms Songxue , Oubo , and Shuijing-gong Dao-ren , was a prince and descendant of the Song Dynasty, and a Chinese scholar, painter and calligrapher during the Yuan Dynasty.He was recommended by the Censor-in-chief Cheng Jufu to pay an audience...
- Zhong HuiZhong HuiZhong Hui was a military general of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. He was the son of Zhong Yao, a calligrapher and politician of Wei....
- Ouyang XunOuyang XunOuyang Xun , courtesy name Xinben , was a Confucian scholar and calligrapher of the early Tang Dynasty. He was born in Hunan, Changsha, to a family of government officials; and died in modern Anhui province.-Achievements:...
- Liu GongquanLiu GongquanLiu Gongquan , courtesy name Chengxuan , was a Chinese calligrapher who stood with Yan Zhenqing as the two great masters of late Tang calligraphy....
- Zhao Men
- Shinjo ItoShinjo Itois the founder of the reputed Buddhist school Shinnyo-en.He was born in Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan. After a career as an aeronautic engineer, he dedicated himself to a religious life...