Zhang Yanyuan

Zhang Yanyuan

male
Zhang Yanyuan also known as Aibin (Chinese: 愛賓; Pinyin: àibīn) was the art historian of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). He was born to a high rankin...
Wen Zhenheng

Wen Zhenheng

male
Wen Zhenheng (1585-1645 AD) was a Ming dynasty scholar, painter, landscape garden designer, and great grandson of Wen Zhengming, a famous Ming...

Tachibana No Hayanari

male
Tachibana no Hayanari (橘逸勢, 782-844) was a Heian period Japanese government official, calligrapher, and member of the Tachibana family. He travel...
Peter Bales

Peter Bales

male, deceased (1610)
Peter Bales, English calligrapher, one of the inventors of shorthand writing, was born in London in 1547, and is described by Anthony Wood as a...

Ryōkan

male, deceased (1831)
(1758–1831) was a quiet and eccentric Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calli...

Jao Tsung-I

male
Jao Tsung-I (饒宗頤 pinyin: Rao Zongyi; courtesy name: Gu'an is a Chinese scholar, poet, calligrapher and painter. A versatile scholar, he contri...
Fujiwara No Sukemasa

Fujiwara No Sukemasa

male
Fujiwara no Sukemasa was a son of Fujiwara no Atsutoshi, and a renowned Japanese calligrapher of the Heian period. He is honored as one of the...
Frank Jonen

Frank Jonen

male, 30 years old
Frank Jonen (born October 1, 1979 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a German web designer and graphic designer / typographer. He grew up in Idstein,...
Jacob Shallus

Jacob Shallus

male, deceased (1796)
Jacob Shallus (1750-1796) was the Engrosser or Penman of the United States Constitution whose hand-written copy of the Constitution hangs in the US...