Xu Beihong’s main works

"Galloping Horse"

It was created in the autumn of 1941 during the Second Battle of Changsha. In this painting, Xu Beihong used rich and unrestrained ink to outline major turning parts such as the head, neck, chest, and legs, and used dry brush to sweep out the mane and tail, making the changes between light and dry colors natural. The straight lines of the horse's legs are thin and powerful, like steel knives, which penetrate the back of the paper, while the arcs of the abdomen, buttocks and mane tail are elastic and dynamic. Overall, the picture is larger in front and smaller in back, with a strong sense of perspective. The legs and horse's head stretched forward have a strong impact and seem to break through the picture. "Horses"

Xu Beihong's Horses is one of Xu Beihong's important masterpieces of horses. The Horses are based on the local horses in Kashmir in 1940. Xu Beihong was particularly excited when he saw this horse, and the inspiration for "Horses" came to him spontaneously. Different from other works, it mainly depicts two horses with their backs to the audience, and a sideways horse behind them. In order to change the picture, a horse with its head lowered and looking for food is painted on the right. "Portrait of Miss Jenny"

It is one of the most famous oil portraits of the painter Xu Beihong. It was painted at the turn of the spring and summer of 1939, when Xu Beihong was 44 years old. This work was created when Xu Beihong held a charity sale in Nanyang to support the domestic Anti-Japanese War. Miss Jenny, the woman in the painting, was originally from Guangdong and was a famous lady in Xingzhou at that time. It was a favorite story at the time. This painting raised NT$40,000, which was the largest amount raised in Nanyang fundraising during this period (a total of more than NT$111,000). Xu Beihong himself was very satisfied with this work and specially invited a photographer to take it. The teacher took a photo of him and the painting as a souvenir, which later became the cover of the book "Bei Hong in Xingzhou". "Jiufang Gao"

The story of Jiufang Gao is recorded in "Liezi": In his later years, Bole recommended Jiufang Gao to Qin Mu to find a thousand-mile horse. The work is a very complete and wonderful piece of excellent Chinese painting using lines as the main means of expression and depiction. "Tian Heng's Five Hundred Scholars"

This painting "Tian Heng's Five Hundred Scholars" is Xu Beihong's famous masterpiece. The story comes from "Historical Records·Biography of Tian Dan". Tian Heng was an old royal family member of the Qi Kingdom at the end of the Qin Dynasty. He succeeded Tian Dan as the king of Qi. After Liu Bang wiped out the heroes, Tian Heng and his five hundred warriors fled to an island. Liu Bang heard that Tian Heng was popular among the people and was afraid of trouble in the future, so he sent an envoy to pardon Tian Heng's sins and summon him back. It was precisely because Gao Jie, who felt that Tian Heng and others were too rich to be promiscuous and powerful to be unyielding, that they deliberately chose the dramatic scene where Tian Heng and the five hundred warriors parted ways to express it. "The Wounded Lion"

was created in 1938. At that time, the Japanese invaders occupied most of China, the country was lost, and the lives of people were in ruins. Xu Beihong could not bear the resentment. The wounded lion he painted looked back and looked up, with infinite meaning. He wrote on the painting: "During the national crisis, Kong and Mr. Linruo traveled to Chongqing to care about each other and wrote this to express their feelings." It expresses the author's patriotism and worries about the times. This is a painting that combines realism and romanticism. China is known as the "Sleeping Lion" of the East. Japanese imperialism occupied most of Northeast China's territory. The "Sleeping Lion" has become a wounded lion. This injured lion with glaring eyes is ready to fight and struggle, showing strength and strength in its unbearable expression. "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains"

was painted in 1940. From 1939 to 1940, at the invitation of the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, Xu Beihong went to India to hold an art exhibition to promote the anti-Japanese war. During this period, he created many oil paintings and sketches, but the most important The result is this Chinese painting "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountain". The story is based on a myth and legend in Liezi Tangwen.

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