RM/HG, "Shirchi calligraphy show begins European tour" - Mehr News - Tehran, IranWednesday, May 28, 2008
An exhibit of the works of veteran Iranian calligrapher Esrafil Shirchi opened in Luxembourg on Wednesday.
Over thirty works of calligraphy in the nastaliq style bearing verses by Iranian poets Omar Khayyam and Rumi are on display in the exhibit, which is the first show of its three-week European tour.
Shirchi is also holding a workshop in the side section of the exhibit.
The show will travel to Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France after its run in Luxembourg.
After the European tour, Shirchi will hold several exhibits in Tehran and other Iranian cities in autumn.
He is also planning to hold an exhibit in New York in the future.
Born in 1962 in Babol, Mazandaran Province, Shirchi studied art at the University Of Tehran and later the Association of Iranian Calligraphers awarded him a master calligrapher certificate.
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