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Ma Yuan

1160 - 1225

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ma Yuan has received more than 30,455 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ma Yuan is the 474th most popular painter (down from 470th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from China (up from 362nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Painter.

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  • 30k

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  • 58.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ma Yuan ranks 474 out of 1,421. Before him are Bruce Nauman, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Pietro Longhi, Cy Twombly, Andrea Solari, and Zinaida Serebriakova. After him are Rachel Ruysch, Theophanes the Greek, Anton Mauve, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, and Qi Baishi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1160, Ma Yuan ranks 9. Before him are Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Pérotin, Ali ibn al-Athir, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Muhammad of Ghor, and Arnaud Amalric. After him are Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Hartmann von Aue, Dulce of Aragon, Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen, Isaac the Blind, and William of Champlitte. Among people deceased in 1225, Ma Yuan ranks 6. Before him are Jebe, Al-Nasir, Comtessa de Dia, Hōjō Masako, and Arnaud Amalric. After him are Angelus of Jerusalem, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din, Engelbert II of Berg, Adolf III of Holstein, and Jien.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ma Yuan ranks 357 out of 1,392. Before him are Fuchai (-550), Yuan Chonghuan (1584), Gao Shun (200), Li Zongren (1890), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810), and Emperor Jingzong of Liao (948). After him are Feng Yuxiang (1882), Yue Jin (200), Liu Zhang (200), Emperor Huai of Jin (300), Qi Jiguang (1527), and Qi Baishi (1864).

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Ma Yuan ranks 2. Before him are Shitao (1642). After him are Qi Baishi (1864), Gu Kaizhi (345), Guo Xi (1020), Han Gan (706), Mi Fu (1051), Tang Yin (1470), Ni Zan (1301), Dong Qichang (1555), Liang Kai (1200), and Zhang Zeduan (1085).

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