Ma Yuan

Who was Ma Yuan?

Ma Yuan Chinese: 馬遠; pinyin: Mǎ Yuǎn; Wade–Giles: Ma Yüan was a Chinese painter of the Song Dynasty. His works, together with that of Xia Gui, formed the basis of the so-called Ma-Xia school of painting, and are considered among the finest from the period. His works has inspired both Chinese artists of the Zhe School, as well as the great early Japanese painters—Shūbun and Sesshū.