Xu Beihong
(1895-1953)
Among artists who studied abroad and returned to China, XU Beihong was exceptionally important in shaping the twentieth century Chinese art practice as well as art education. Xu Beihong was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province in 1895 and went to study in France between 1919 and 1927.
After he returned to China, he became the advocator of realistic painting and French Academy style of art training. After the establishment of the new China, Xu became the director of the Central Institute of Arts, Beijing, where, French academic style training was revered as the scientific way of seeing and positive way of intervening social issues. The credits of the Chinese mastering of realistic style of oil painting in the 20th century must chiefly go to him.
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51X104 cm
51X104 cm