Ma Yuanyu

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Ma Yuanyu (Wade–Giles: Ma Yüan-yü, traditional: 馬元馭, simplified: 马元驭; pinyin: Mă Yuányù); ca. 1669-1722 was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).

Ma was born in Changshu in the Jiangsu province.{{cite web|url=http://www.china-on-site.com/pages/painter/1112.php|title=Ma Yuanyu Brief Biography|accessdate=2008-07-17|archive-date=2008-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725035052/http://www.china-on-site.com/pages/painter/1112.php|url-status=live}} His style name was 'Fuxi' (伏羲) and his sobriquets were 'Xixia' (棲霞) and 'Tianyu shanren' (天虞山人).{{cite web|url=http://painting.npm.gov.tw/npm_public/System/View.jsp?type=1&ObjectID=10172|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222070154/http://painting.npm.gov.tw/npm_public/System/View.jsp?type=1&ObjectID=10172|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2012|title=Ma Yuanyu National Palace Museum Brief Biography|accessdate=2012-08-04}} Ma was taught by Yun Shouping, and specialized in Bird-and-flower painting.

Ma's daughter, Ma Quan, continued his realistic painting style, though her subject matter was more of the bird and flower painting school.{{citation|last=Chen |first=Lin 陈林|title=两枝并秀 各具异彩——清代两位女画家简论 |trans-title=Two elegant branches combine extraordinary individual talents: two female artists of the Qing|language=Chinese|journal=Guohuajia|date=2001 | issue=3|page=35}}