children, painting, song dynasty, su hanchen

Song Dynasty Painting: Children at Play in Winter by Su Hanchen

In Chinese paintings, one important genre is figure painting. Nevertheless, images with children as the main subject are relatively rare. It was not until the time of the Six Dynasties (220-589) that children became the main focus in paintings, and scenes of children playing joyfully became popular during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) by such painters ...

Jessica Kneipp

Beautiful Paintings of Children by the Master Su Hanchen

Please examine these remarkable paintings, which give us an insight into the lives of children during the Song Dynasty. They were painted by Su Hanchen (1094-1172), who was a native of Kaifeng, Henan Province, who specialized in painting Buddhist and Taoist figures. During the Xuanhe era under Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Su was ...

Jessica Kneipp

Painting of 100 Song Dynasty children playing in the spring.