엽소암
마원풍의 절제된 소경 인물화
엽소암은 송나라 시대의 화가로, 본적은 전당(현재의 항저우)이며 13세기 초 남송 보우 연간(1253-1258)에 활동했습니다. 그는 모사를 전문으로 했으며 마원의 양식으로 소규모 인물 장면을 제작했습니다. 그의 화풍은 마원과 유사했지만 다소 절제되었으며, 종종 습필 기법을 사용하여 산석에 연하게 채색했습니다. 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".