Sun Kehong
Illustration — Sun Kehong, The Rising Moon, National Palace Museum Sūn Kèhóng (Sun K'o-hung, traditional: 孫克弘, simplified: 孙克弘); ca. 1533-1611 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Sun was born in Huating in the Shanghai province.
Also recorded as Sun K'o-hung · Xueju · Yunzhi
Sun Kehong
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- Ming dynasty
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- painter · poet · calligrapher
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- bird-and-flower painting
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Illustration — Sun Kehong, The Rising Moon, National Palace Museum Sūn Kèhóng (Sun K'o-hung, traditional: 孫克弘, simplified: 孙克弘); ca. 1533-1611 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Sun was born in Huating in the Shanghai province.
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His style name was 'Yunzhi' and his sobriquet was 'Xueju'. Sun's painting followed the style of Shen Zhou 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.
The field of work recorded is bird-and-flower painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Shen Zhou and Lu Zhi are recorded as an influence. Work by Sun Kehong is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The Palace Museum and Shanghai Museum.
The authorities additionally record the headings Sun K'o-hung, Xueju and Yunzhi. His recorded confession was Buddhism. He was the child of Sun Chengen.
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1533
Sun Kehong was born in 1533.
1611
Sun Kehong died in 1611.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Dictionnaire des peintres,sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. éditions Gründ. 13. 1999. 2-7000-3023-0.
- Trois mille ans de peinture chinoise. Éditions Philippe Picquier. 1997. 2-87730-341-1.
- La peinture chinoise - Les trésors de l'Asie. éditions Albert Skira. 1960.
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