Artist

Ma Yuan

Portrait of Ma Yuan
Portrait of Ma Yuan

Chinese, 1160–1225

Ma Yuan was a Chinese Song dynasty landscape artist. 21 works are cataloged here, principally at National Palace Museum, most of them ink works. Ma Yuan was born in Hangzhou.

Ma Yuan (Chinese: 馬遠; pinyin: Mǎ Yuǎn; Wade–Giles: Ma Yüan; c. 1160–65 – 1225) 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 (馬夏) 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 early Japanese painters Shūbun and Sesshū.

Works by Ma Yuan

Collections represented

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.