Sun Guoting

Sun Guoting

male
Sun Guoting, or Sun Qianli, was a Chinese calligrapher of the early Tang Dynasty, remembered for his cursive calligraphy and his "Treatise on...
Emperor Huizong Of Song

Emperor Huizong Of Song

male, deceased (1135)
Emperor Huizong was the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of the Song Dynasty of China, with a personal life spent amidst luxury,...
Platt Rogers Spencer

Platt Rogers Spencer

male, deceased (1864)
Platt Rogers Spencer (also Platt R. Spencer) was born in East Fishkill, New York on November 7, 1800 and died in Geneva, Ohio on May 16, 1864....
Sha Menghai

Sha Menghai

male
Sha Menghai (Traditional Chinese: 沙孟海, Simplified Chinese: 沙孟海), was a great master of calligraphy in China. He is widely regarded as the top one...
Richard Starkings

Richard Starkings

male
Richard Starkings is a British font designer and comic book letterer, editor and writer. He was one of the early pioneers of computer based comic...
Zhong Yao

Zhong Yao

male, deceased (230)
Zhong Yao, courtesy name Yuanchang (元常), was a Chinese calligrapher and minister of Cao Wei. Born in modern Xuchang, Henan, he was at one time entr...
Mir Ali Tabrizi

Mir Ali Tabrizi

male
Mir Ali Tabrizi (14th century). Distinguished Iranian calligraphist, to whom the invention of Nasta'liq calligraphy style is attributed. Not much...
Kūkai

Kūkai

male, deceased (835)
Kūkai or also known posthumously as Kōbō-Daishi, 774-835 CE was a Japanese monk, scholar, poet, and artist, founder of the Shingon or "True Wor...
Wuzhun Shifan

Wuzhun Shifan

male, deceased (1249)
Wuzhun Shifan was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and prominent Zen Buddhist monk who lived during the late Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD).
Tan Swie Hian

Tan Swie Hian

male, 66 years old (Singapore)
Tan Swie Hian is an artist, calligrapher, poet and translator. He is one of the most talented and versatile artists in Singapore. Tan published his...