Ye Xiaoyan
Escenas figurativas estilo Ma Yuan
Ye Xiaoyan fue un pintor de la dinastía Song, originario de Qiantang (actual Hangzhou), activo a principios del siglo XIII durante el período Baoyou de la dinastía Song del Sur (1253-1258). Se especializó en copiar obras y crear pequeñas escenas figurativas al estilo de Ma Yuan. Su estilo se asemejaba al de Ma Yuan, pero era algo más contenido, y a menudo utilizaba técnicas de pincel húmedo para colorear suavemente las rocas y las montañas. Very few of his works have survived, and there is little recorded about his life. A friend, Gu Feng, even wrote a poem for him saying, 'The brushwork is wonderfully divine, capturing faces truly,' suggesting he was a modest folk painter. Ye Xiaoyan’s representative work, the album "Ten Views of West Lake," is now housed in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The album is painted on silk with colors, each leaf measuring 23.9 cm in height and 20.2 cm in width. It combines poetry and painting to depict the ten scenic spots of West Lake. The mountains and rocks are painted using the 'da fu pi' axe-cut method, focusing on shading, with simple but elegant brushwork. This album is clearly documented in the "Shiqu Baoji Xu Bian".