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Which Yuan dynasty painter worked in a mixed Ma-Xia style?

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Pure and Remote View of Streams and Mountains, detail of hand scroll in ink and paper by Xia Gui, early 13th century (Southern Song); in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. — Xia Gui *Pure and Remote View of Streams and Mountains*, detail of hand scroll in ink and paper by Xia Gui, early 13th century (Southern Song); in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

The Yuan dynasty painter who produced works in a mixed Ma-Xia manner was Sun Junze.1

The Ma-Xia school refers to a group of Southern Song dynasty landscape artists named after Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, known for their asymmetrical "one corner" compositions and the use of "ax stroke" brushwork. While Xia Gui's individual style was distinct for its atmospheric ink washes and reduction of detail, Sun Junze is noted for incorporating these combined influences into his own paintings during the Yuan period.21