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Xu Beihong, Liangyou, 1930-04-30
Licence
Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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徐悲鸿

徐悲鴻
Xú Bēihóng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Xu Beihong
  2. 2 painter and influential art educator, known for ink paintings of galloping horses

About Xu Beihong

1895–1953 · 画家 painter

Painter who studied in Paris and joined Western realism with Chinese ink, best known for galloping horses such as 奔马图. As first head of the Central Academy of Fine Arts he shaped how art is taught in China.

Also called  徐寿康

Examples

HSK 7-9
徐悲鸿画的奔马最为著名。
Xú Bēihóng huà de bēnmǎ zuìwéi zhùmíng.
Xu Beihong's galloping horses are his most famous works.
HSK 7-9
徐悲鸿曾担任中央美术学院的首任院长。
Xú Bēihóng céng dānrèn Zhōngyāng Měishù Xuéyuàn de shǒurèn yuànzhǎng.
Xu Beihong served as the first president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Tips

culture
He swapped his birth name's 寿康, 'long life and health', for 悲鸿, 'grieving swan goose'. In Paris he went by Ju Péon, a French-style spelling of his name from before pinyin existed.

Stroke Order

徐 xú
悲 bēi
鸿 hóng