Kun Can
Illustration — Landscape with waterfalls and trees, 1636. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Kun Can (髡殘, Buddhist name; common name: 劉石谿 (Liu Shixi or Liu Jieqiu)) (1612 to after 1674) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and painter during Ming and Qing dynasties. He hailed from Hunan, but spent most of his life in Nanjing.
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Kun Can
Kun Can · Landscape with waterfalls and trees. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. · Public domain
- Born
- 1612
- Died
- 1674
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty · Qing dynasty
- Occupation
- painter · monk · calligrapher
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Illustration — Landscape with waterfalls and trees, 1636. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Kun Can (髡殘, Buddhist name; common name: 劉石谿 (Liu Shixi or Liu Jieqiu)) (1612 to after 1674) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and painter during Ming and Qing dynasties. He hailed from Hunan, but spent most of his life in Nanjing.
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Born in 1612, died in 1674.
Work by Kun Can is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Ashmolean Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery and National Gallery of Victoria.
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