About Sun Kehong
Lived 1533 – 1611 (aged 77–78). Sun Kehong was a Chinese painter, poet and calligrapher.
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. 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.
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Chinese painter (1533-1611)
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Sun Kehong was born in 1533.
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Sun Kehong died in 1611.
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Sun Kehong was a painter, poet and calligrapher.
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Sun Kehong was Chinese.
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