Sūn Kèhóng (Sun K'o-hung, traditional: 孫克弘, simplified: 孙克弘); ca. 1533-1611 was a
Chinese
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landscape painter
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,
calligrapher
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, and poet during the
Ming Dynasty
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(1368–1644).
Sun was born in
Huating in the
Shanghai
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province.
His style name was 'Yunzhi' and his
sobriquet
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was 'Xueju'. Sun's painting followed the style of
Shen Zhou
Shen Zhou (, 1427–1509), courtesy names Qi'nan () and Shitian (), was a Chinese painter in the Ming dynasty. He lived during the post-transition period of the Yuan conquest of the Ming. Luckily, his family worked closely with the government a ...
and
Lu Zhi. Sun used colorful and minute techniques in his earlier works, then later used a more terse and free style. In addition to landscapes Sun painted
flower and bird and bamboo and stone works.
References
1533 births
1611 deaths
Painters from Shanghai
Ming dynasty landscape painters
Ming dynasty calligraphers
Ming dynasty poets
Poets from Shanghai
17th-century Chinese calligraphers
16th-century Chinese calligraphers
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