Hua Yan

Hua Yan simplified Chinese: 华嵒; traditional Chinese: 華嵒; pinyin: Huà Yán; Wade–Giles: Hua Yen; courtesy name Qiu Yue, sobriquets Xinluo Shanren, Dong Yuan Sheng, Buyi Sheng, Ligou Jushi and Bosha Daoren was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty. He was born in Shanghang Fujian province and lived in Yangzhou and later in Hangzhou. Yan's work is within the tradition of the Yangzhou school and is often named as one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.