徐悲鸿

徐悲鴻

Xú Bēihóng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xu Beihong (1895-1953)
2 painter and influential art educator, known for ink paintings of galloping horses

Characters

surname Xu; slow

wild swan; grand

Examples

HSK 5

他曾担任中央美术学院的首任院长。

Tā céng dānrèn Zhōngyāng Měishù Xuéyuàn de shǒurèn yuànzhǎng.

He served as the first president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

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.

Tips

culture

Trained in Paris in the 1920s, he fused Western realist technique with traditional Chinese ink, shaping modern 国画 education for generations. His 1941 painting 《奔马图》 (Galloping Horse) was produced to raise funds for Chinese soldiers during the war against Japan.

Stroke Order

徐 xú

悲 bēi

鸿 hóng