Sun Kehong
A Life in Ink and Verse Born in Huating in the Shanghai province, Sun Kehong lived through the shifting landscapes of the Ming dynasty. He was a man of many disciplines, finding expression not only through the brush of a painter but also through the precision of a calligrapher and the rhythm of a poet. Known by his style name Yunzhi and his sobriquet Xueju, he moved through a world where art and intellect were deeply intertwined. His existence was defined by this pursuit of harmony, seeking to capture the essence of the natural world through various forms of creative expression. His early yea…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Sun Kehong's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.