Sun Kehong

Sūn Kèhóng ; ca. 1533-1611 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty.
Sun was born in Huating [Town, Shanghai|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 (painter)|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.