Sūn Kèhóng; ca. 1533-1611 was a Chinese

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 landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty

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 (1368–1644).

Sun was born in Huating

Huating

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 in the Shanghai

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

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 and Lu Zhi

Lu Zhi (painter)

Lù Zhì ; ca. 1496-1576 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty ....

. 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

Bird-and-flower painting

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and bamboo and stone works.