Who was the first person to draw a horse in China?

The first person to draw a horse in China was Xu Beihong. Xu Beihong (1July, 89519—1September 26th, 953), Han nationality, formerly known as Xu, was born in Qiting Town, Yixing County, Jiangsu Province, and was a modern painter and art educator in China.

After 1949, he served as the president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is good at figures, animals, flowers and birds, and advocates realism, especially Ren Bonian in tradition, emphasizing the integration of traditional Chinese painting reform and western painting techniques, advocating lighting and modeling in painting, and emphasizing the accurate grasp of the anatomical structure and bones of the object.

He also emphasized the ideological connotation of his works, which had a great influence on the painting circles in China at that time. He, Zhang Shuqi and Liu Zigu are also called "the three outstanding artists in Jinling". His traditional Chinese paintings are full of color and ink, especially running horses.

Xu Beihong's main works

1, "Maben Tu"

194 1 During the second Changsha Battle in autumn. In this painting, Xu Beihong uses rich and unrestrained pen and ink to outline the turning parts such as the head, neck, chest and legs, and uses a dry pen to sweep out the mane tail, which changes naturally.

The straight line of the horse's leg is thin and powerful, like a steel knife, penetrating the back of the paper, while the arc of the abdomen, buttocks and mane tail is very elastic and dynamic. On the whole, the front of the picture is big and the back is small, with a strong sense of perspective, and the legs and horse's head stretching forward have a strong impact, which seems to break through the picture.

2. "Running Horse"

Xu Beihong's Horses is one of the important masterpieces of Xu Beihong's horses. Horses are subject to 1940 local horses in Kashmir. Xu Beihong was particularly excited to see this horse at that time, and the inspiration for "Horses" came from this. Different from other works, it mainly depicts two horses with their backs to the audience, followed by a side horse. In order to change the picture, a horse with its head down for food is drawn on the right.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Xu Beihong