Xu Bei Hong 徐悲鴻 (1895-1953)

Xu Bei Hong 徐悲鴻 (1895-1953)

 Xu Beihong was a Chinese painter born in Yixing, Jiangsu province. He ןדknown for his Chinese ink paintings of horses and birds and was one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a modern China at the beginning of the 20th century. He was also regarded as one of the first to create monumental oil paintings with epic Chinese themes – a show of his high proficiency in an essential Western art technique. (Wikipedia)