Stories and Proses of Historical Celebrity Xu Beihong

1September, 929, Xu Beihong was introduced by Cai Yuanpei and became the president of Peking University Art Institute. Xu Beihong turned to hire Qi Baishi as a professor. At that time, the painting world in Beiping was lifeless, and the conservative forces were quite stubborn. Qi Baishi, a carpenter, boldly innovated and changed the painting method. Unfortunately, he didn't get much response, and the painting circles in Beiping sneered at him.

When Xu Beihong came to Qijia in a carriage, Qi Baishi was moved by his sincerity: "How dare I be a carpenter with an axe in an old house in the Tang Dynasty?"

"You can not only teach my students, but also teach Xu Beihong himself!" Xu Beihong said, "Mr. Qi, I'm going to borrow your axe to cut off the dead branches and rotten wood on the painting scene in Beiping!" ?

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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. "herd horses"

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.

3. Portrait of Miss Jenny

It is one of the most famous oil painting portraits of painter Xu Beihong, aged 44 at the turn of spring and summer from 65438 to 0939. This work was written by Xu Beihong when he held a charity sale in Nanyang to support the domestic war of resistance.

The woman in the painting, Miss Jenny, was born in Guangdong and was a celebrity in Sin Chew at that time. This was a widely circulated story at that time. This painting raised S $40,000, which was the largest fundraising with Nanyang during this period (the total amount exceeded S $ 1 1. 1 ten thousand). Xu Beihong himself was very satisfied with this work, and specially asked the photographer to take pictures of it and this painting as a souvenir, which later became the cover of the book "Sin Chew Sad Flood". ?

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