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c.1140 Quiantang (now Hangzhou) Province, China - 1225 Quiantang (now Hangzhou) Province, China. Known for: Landscape scroll landscape and flower paintings, night scenes.
"Ma Yuan, Chinese Painter," By Michael Sullivan, Encyclopaedia, Britannica, March 2017. Ma Yuan, Wade-Giles romanization Ma Yüan (born c. 1160/65, Qiantang [now Hangzhou], Zhejiang province—died... Read full biography
"Ma Yuan, Chinese Painter," By Michael Sullivan, Encyclopaedia, Britannica, March 2017. Ma Yuan, Wade-Giles romanization Ma Yüan (born c. 1160/65, Qiantang [now Hangzhou], Zhejiang province—died 1225), influential Chinese landscape painter whose work, together with that of Xia Gui, formed the basis... Read full biography
"Ma Yuan, Chinese Painter," By Michael Sullivan, Encyclopaedia, Britannica, March 2017. Ma Yuan, Wade-Giles romanization Ma Yüan (born c. 1160/65, Qiantang [now Hangzhou], Zhejiang province—died 1225), influential Chinese landscape painter whose work, together with that of Xia Gui, formed the basis of the Ma-Xia school of painting. Ma occasionally painted flowers, but his genius lay in landscape painting, his lyrical and romantic interpretation becoming the model for later painters. He was a... Read full biography
"Ma Yuan, Chinese Painter," By Michael Sullivan, Encyclopaedia, Britannica, March 2017. Ma Yuan, Wade-Giles romanization Ma Yüan (born c. 1160/65, Qiantang [now Hangzhou], Zhejiang province—died 1225), influential Chinese landscape painter whose work, together with that of Xia Gui, formed the basis of the Ma-Xia school of painting. Ma occasionally painted flowers, but his genius lay in landscape painting, his lyrical and romantic interpretation becoming the model for later painters. He was a master of “one-corner” painting, in which visual interest is focused in a corner of the work. His style was often copied, and it is sometimes difficult to separate genuine works from those of his followers. Ma was born into a family of court painters:... Read full biography
"Ma Yuan, Chinese Painter," By Michael Sullivan, Encyclopaedia, Britannica, March 2017. Ma Yuan, Wade-Giles romanization Ma Yüan (born c. 1160/65, Qiantang [now Hangzhou], Zhejiang province—died 1225), influential Chinese landscape painter whose work, together with that of Xia Gui, formed the basis of the Ma-Xia school of painting. Ma occasionally painted flowers, but his genius lay in landscape painting, his lyrical and romantic interpretation becoming the model for later painters. He was a master of “one-corner” painting, in which visual interest is focused in a corner of the work. His style was often copied, and it is sometimes difficult to separate genuine works from those of his followers. Ma was born into a family of court painters: his great grandfather, Ma Fen, had been daizhao (i.e., painter in attendance) at the Northern Song court about 1119–25; both his gr... Read full biography
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