When was Xu Beihong's Eight Horses written? What is the historical significance of his creation?

Xu Beihong's Eight Horses was written in 37 years of the Republic of China (1948), one year before the founding of New China. This painting is a masterpiece given by Xu Beihong to General Chennault.

The historical significance of his creation;

1. The beautiful background story on which Bamatu is based shows us its ideological beauty.

According to Mu Chuan, the Eight Horses were originally eight fine horses for riding. Zhou Muwang rode eight horses and fell in love with the Queen Mother of the West in Yaochi. However, he had to say goodbye to the Queen Mother because he wanted to return to China to reply to me. When he left, he made a promise to drive eight horses back to reunite with him three years later, only to never return.

Zhou Muwang's Eight Horses is the theme of Xu Beihong's Eight Horses Map, which makes us realize the urgency of our old friends returning home from behind the galloping steeds. At the same time, the appearance of Eight Horses has brought people good hope. It's the day when the Pakistani army comes and the old friend returns.

From this beautiful background story, we can feel that eight horses are symbols of victory and hope, and the eight horses attached to its background convey the beauty of the idea that perseverance will surely win and family reunion.

2. The combination of freedom and passion, the promotion of justice and the metaphor of cherishing talents convey the ideological beauty of Ba Ma.

Xu Beihong's Eight Horses was written in 37 years of the Republic of China, namely 1948, just after War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and on the eve of the founding of New China. Xu Beihong gave this painting to General Chennault, Commander of Major General of the US Air Force. In World War II, General Chennault led the US Air Force to fight against the Japanese in China, and finally won. Xu Beihong gave this masterpiece to General Chennault, which showed the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation.

"Eight Horses" is the product of a specific historical background. Xu Beihong showed us eight horses full of passion, symbolizing justice and galloping freely with his own brush, and showed us his admiration for talents with the joy after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. He will be full of strong confidence in the Chinese nation with the spirit of self-improvement.

Therefore, from the background of the times when this painting was created, we can imagine that this painting conveys to us an ideological beauty that yearns for freedom, preaches justice and cherishes talents.

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Brief introduction to the life of painter Xu Beihong;

Xu Beihong (1895- 1953), Han nationality, formerly known as Xu, was born in Qiting Town, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province. China modern painter and art educator. I studied in France to study western painting, and I have been engaged in art education for a long time after returning to China. He has taught in the Art Department of National Central University, the Art College of Beiping University and Beiping Art College.

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 Chinese painting reform and western painting techniques, advocating light 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 is regarded as the founder of modern art education in China. He advocated the improvement of "Chinese painting". Based on China's modern realistic art and against the background of decadent modern Chinese painting, he put forward On the Improvement of Chinese Painting.

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