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Xu Beihong (Chinese: 徐悲鴻; Wade–Giles: Hsü Pei-hung; 19 July 1895 – 26 September 1953), also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter. [1]He was primarily known 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.
Put Down Your Whip (Chinese: 放下你的鞭子; pinyin: Fàngxià nǐde biānzi) is a 1939 oil painting by Chinese realist painter Xu Beihong. Completed during Xu's stay in Singapore, the painting was exhibited numerous times before its disappearance from public view in 1954. It re-emerged in 2007 and was sold for HK$72 million (US$9.2 million ...
Liao worked as head of Xu Beihong Institute of Painting (Chinese: 中国徐悲鸿画院) and participated in the committee of the All-China Women's Federation, representing them at the seventh and eighth sessions of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. [1] She was also a trustee of the Xu Beihong International Foundation. [4]
Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, Yan began studying painting in 1909, founded the Suzhou Art Academy in 1922 and went to Paris in 1929, enrolling in the L'Ecole Superieure Nationale des Beaux Arts, making him, along with Xu Beihong and Sanyu, one of the earliest Chinese artists to study abroad in France. [2] [3] [4]
Situ Qiao's 1940 oil painting portraying Wang Ying's performance of the play. In October 1939, Wang Ying performed Put Down Your Whip in Singapore. Artist Xu Beihong, who was a friend of the actress, painted a life-size portrait of her performing the play. In April 2007 the painting was sold in auction for US$9.2 million, setting a record for ...
By the age of eighteen, Cheng was teaching poetry and art in Beijing and within a few years had become a successful artist whose works were in demand. His aunt's friend Cai Yuanpei gave him a letter of introduction that led him to Shanghai, where he became acquainted with influential figures including Wu Changshuo , Zheng Xiaoxu , Xu Beihong ...
Xie He (謝赫, 6th century), Chinese painter, writer and art historian; Xie Huan (謝環, fl. 1426–1452), Chinese painter; Xie Shichen (謝時臣, born 1488), Chinese painter; Xie Sun (謝蓀, fl. between 17th and 19th centuries), Chinese painter; Xu Beihong (徐悲鴻, 1895–1953), Chinese shuimohua painter
Generally, the Lingnan School sought to promote a new style of painting that advanced realism while simultaneously continuing the lineage of Chinese painting. [1] As such, although it built on existing Chinese techniques and styles, both modern and ancient, the movement was characterized by extensive borrowing from other artistic traditions. [5]