Hasan Çelebi, born 1937 in
Erzurum
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,
Turkey
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, is a Turkish master of
Islamic calligraphy
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. 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
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'' as one "of the most celebrated masters of classical Ottoman calligraphy style".
[Murphy, Caryle (2003) "Expressing Faith In Written Word; Islamic Calligrapher Shows His Devotion In Elegant Script Sanctified by Tradition", '']The Washington Post
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'', October 26, 2003 His work was included in an exhibition of Iranian and Turkish calligraphy at the Saba Institute in
Tehran
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.
“Art Bridge from Istanbul to Tehran” coming to Saba institute
, ''Tehran Times
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'', September 22, 2009, retrieved 2010-01-22 His former student, Mohammed Zakariya
Mohamed Zakariya,born 1942 in Ventura, California, is an American master Arabic calligrapher and an American Muslim convert.
Biography
Mohamed Zakariya was born in 1942 in Ventura, California. Later he moved to Los Angeles with his family. ...
, is an American master calligrapher who lectures in the USA and in the Middle East
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.
See also
* Soraya Syed
Soraya Syed Sanders (born 1976) is an English classically trained Islamic calligrapher and artist. She uses classical Arabic calligraphy with new technologies such as holography, placing a traditional art-form into contemporary context.
Earl ...
, a British Islamic calligrapher and artist, and one of Hasan Celebi's students
* Hasan Çelebi (Ottoman era), a disciple of Ahmed Karahisari
References
External links
Hatvesanat.com
(mainly )
Calligraphers' Biographies
(mainly )
{{DEFAULTSORT:Celebi, Hasan
1937 births
Living people
People from Erzurum
Turkish calligraphers