Xu Beihong
(Chinese, 1895–1953)
Biography
Xu Beihong was a Chinese painter best known for his traditional ink paintings of horses, birds, and landscapes. With a masterful command of his medium, the artist was able to achieve a sense of movement in just a few brushstrokes. Along with his more traditional ink washes, Xu also created large-scale oil paintings in a European academic style that depicted classic Chinese scenes and portraits. Born on July 19, 1895 in Yixing, China, Xu began to study ink painting when he was just six years old, and went on to study the École National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a young man. The artist exhibited throughout Europe during his life, though he was an extreme opponent of the Modernist work he saw at the time. Today, Xu’s works are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Xu Beihong Memorial Museum was established at his house after his death on September 26, 1953 in Beijing, China.
Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction
九州无事乐耕耘 (Cultivation on the Peaceful Land), 1951
Sold price: 41,899,616 USD
Xu Beihong Artworks
Xu Beihong
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-(album-w/7-works).jpg "书画集珍册 (Painting and calligraphy) (album w/7..., 1944")
Xu Beihong
书画集珍册 (Painting and calligraphy) (album w/7..., 1944
Sale Date: December 22, 2007
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.jpg "九方皋 (Figure), 1943")
.jpg "鱼鹰 (Yuanyang-mandarin duck), 1931")
.jpg "奔马图 (Galloping horse), 1947")
.jpg "柳畔骏马图 (Horses)")
.jpg "行书九歌节句 (Qu Yuan's jiu ge in running script)")
.jpg "行书七言诗 (Poem in seven character verse, running...")
-(couplet).jpg "行书五言联 (Five character in running script)..., 1938")
.jpg "竹鸡图 (Rooster and bamboo), 1936")
.jpg "鱼鹰 (Cormorants), 1935")
.jpg "双喜 (Double happiness), 1932")
.jpg "竞爽 (Direct competition), 1939")
.jpg "征人之梦 (Willow and birds), 1930")
.jpg "双鹤图 (A pair of cranes), 1938")
.jpg "巨松图 (Massive pine), 1931")
.jpg "马 (The horse), 1946")
.jpg "书法 (Calligraphy), 1941")
.jpg "迎客松 (Pine trees and ridges)")
.jpg "吼狮 (Bellowing lion), 1938")
.jpg "猫 (Cat), 1942")
.jpg "立马 (The horse), 1949")
.jpg "迎客松 (Bumpiness pine tree), 1932")
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