3. Galloping horse [1947]

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3. Galloping horse [1947]

Xu Beihong

1895, Yixing, Jiangsu, China - 1953, Beijing, China

Estimate:

EUR 500 - 1.000

Sold

EUR 10.000

chromoxylograph technique (the watercolor woodblock print type), 103 x 54 cm, 54x103, signed on the right hand side down, artist's seal affixed; signed and dated on the right hand side down, "Xu Beihong, 1947"

PROVENANCE

The xylograph was a gift to poet Eugen Frunză in 1953 on one of his many trips to China.

Xu Beihong (1895-1953) was a Chinese painter born in Jiangsu province, China. 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.

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