Ye Xiaoyan
Cenas figurativas estilo Ma Yuan
Ye Xiaoyan foi um pintor da dinastia Song, originário de Qiantang (atual Hangzhou), ativo no início do século XIII, durante o período Baoyou da dinastia Song do Sul (1253-1258). Especializou-se em copiar obras e criar pequenas cenas figurativas no estilo de Ma Yuan. Seu estilo assemelhava-se ao de Ma Yuan, mas era um pouco mais contido, e ele frequentemente usava técnicas de pincel úmido para colorir suavemente rochas e montanhas. 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".