Ma Xinle 馬欣樂 (1963-): 'Twelve horses in the snow', ink and colour on paper, dated 1993

Dim.: 100 x 95 cm (the frame)
Dim.: 78,5 x 73 cm (the work)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

Provenance:
- A German private collection.
- Acquired at Van Ham Auctions, Dusseldorf, May 31, 2011, lot 323. (link)

Ref.:
- China Guardian Auctions, Beijing, May 21, 2021, lot 1679, for a similar but larger work. (sold RMB 690.000)
- Christie's, New York, Sep. 11, 2018, lot 121, for a dyptich on the same subject. (sold USD 250.000) (link)

Born in Xi’an, Ma Xinle received extensive artistic training beginning at a young age, when he benefItted from opportunities to observe such masters as Li Keran, Lu Yanshao, and Cheng Shifa demonstrate painting at Diaoyutai State House. He received a Master’s degree in Chinese traditional painting from the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts and studied with such modern masters as Cheng Shifa ,Liu Wenxi, and Huang Zhou, who exerted the strongest influence on the young artist. After he moved to the United States, Ma Xinle also studied connoisseurship with the artist-collector C.C. Wang (Wang Jiqian, 1907-2003). A very versatile artist, he also received an MFA in oil painting from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and taught watercolour and Chinese paintings for eight years. He now is active as an educator, art advisor, and cultural representative to such organizations as the Beijing Yanhuang Art Museum, the Rockefeller Art Foundation, and the Chinese Artists Association. Ma Xinle’s paintings have been widely exhibited in museums and galleries in China, the U. S. , Canada and other countries, and they can be found in museums, private and corporate collections, and government monumental buildings. In 2016 one of his paintings, The Nine Galloping Horses, was presented to Queen Elizabeth II on her 90th birthday as a state gift from the People’s Republic of China.