The portraits of wisdom on this website were created by Erol Karacabeyli, a retired structural engineer and self-taught artist who has a deep interest in philosophy, history, and science.

In this collection, Erol shares his paintings of some notable individuals along with their brief profiles. The portraits are arranged in chronological order to give a sense of historical progression.

The images of paintings and profiles are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0), allowing free download and use with acknowledgement. The written profiles were co-created in collaboration with AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot), and fact checked with the sources under the Sources tab.