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Xu Beihong ( July,19 1895 €“ September 261953) was a Chinese painter born in Yixing, Jiangsu province. 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. 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_x000D_
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CHINESE HORSE _x000D_
INK ON PAPER FRAME , SIGNED AND SEALED_x000D_
馬，水墨_x000D_
馬，徐悲鴻_x000D_
款识：徐悲鴻_x000D_
铃印：徐悲鴻_x000D_
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徐悲鸿（1895-1953年），汉族，原名徐寿康，江苏宜兴市屺亭镇人。中国现代画家、美术教育家。曾留学法国学西画，归国后长期从事美术教育，先后任教于国立中央大学艺术系、北平大学艺术学院和北平艺专。1949年后任中央美术学院院长。擅长人物、走兽、花鸟，主张现实主义，于传统尤推崇任伯年，强调国画改革融入西画技法，作画主张光线、造型，讲求对象的解剖结构、骨骼的准确把握，并强调作品的思想内涵，对当时中国画坛影响甚大，与张书旗、柳子谷三人被称为画坛的€œ金陵三杰€。所作国画彩墨浑成，尤以奔马享名于世。_x000D_
Size: 41 cm x 56.5 cm ( 16 in x 22 1/4 in )_x000D_
Estimate: $5000 - $6000

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