Ma Yuan

Ma Yuan (c. 1160–65 – 1225) was a preeminent Chinese painter of the Southern Song dynasty, born into a distinguished family of court painters in Qiantang (modern-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang). His great-grandfather, Ma Fen, served the Northern Song court, and both his grandfather, Ma Xingzu, and father, Ma Shirong, held positions at the Southern Song court. Following in their footsteps, Ma Yuan himself became a painter in attendance under Emperor Guangzong sometime after 1189, and…