Ma Fan, a famous calligrapher, painter and seal engraver, has in-depth research on poetry, appreciation, ancient characters, etc., and is known as the first person in small seal script in contemporary calligraphy circles.
Splashing ink and wild grass are uniquely created by Ma Fan, creating the state of mind of using pen and ink in calligraphy. Ma Fan's landscape, flower and bird paintings are elegant in style and full of aura. He is especially good at painting eagles and is known as the Eastern Eagle God. He has held 12 personal calligraphy, painting and seal cutting exhibitions in the National Art Museum of China, Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum and Japan. More than 80 museums, art galleries, and universities around the world have collected his works. Published are "Selected Collection of Ma Fan's Calligraphy, Paintings and Seals", "Collection of Ma Fan's Landscape Paintings", and "Selected Collections of Ma Fan's Poems, Calligraphy, Paintings and Seals". "China Art Yearbook", "Directory of Chinese Artists' Family", and "Who's Who in the World" published by International Exchange Publishing House have included his entries. Carl Senkin, a sinologist at the University of Zurich, has written "Ma Fan - Contemporary Weird Calligraphy and Painting Artist" (German version), and Nanjing Publishing House
published "Art Garden Wizard - Ma Fan" (180,000 words), Hong Kong Tianma Book Publishing Co., Ltd. has published "Trivia about Ma Fan" (200,000 words), and Tianjin Ancient Books Publishing House has published "Study on Ma Fan's Art" (200,000 words). CCTV filmed a special film "Ma Fan - A Strange Man from Qinhuai", hailing Mr. Ma Fan as another versatile art master after Qi Baishi in poetry, calligraphy, painting and sealing.
Ma Fan is currently a full-time calligrapher, calligrapher, and connoisseur at the Nanjing Museum, a part-time professor at Nanjing University, a professor at the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Correspondence University, and a national first-class artist.