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Xu Beihong is good at using horses as metaphors and objects to express his patriotic enthusiasm. The horse in Xu Beihong's works is a "horse that flows forever", full of vitality and heroism.
Mabentu
According to the inscription in the painting, "Ben Ma Tu" was made during the second Changsha Battle in the autumn of 194 1. At this time, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was in a stalemate, and the Japanese army wanted to completely defeat China before launching the Pacific War, making the Kuomintang government kneel, so they tried their best to launch the Changsha Battle repeatedly in an attempt to get through the throat of the north-south traffic in Chongqing. Our side was defeated in the second battle, and Changsha was occupied by Japanese invaders. Xu Beihong, who is holding an art exhibition in Penang, Malaysia, is worried when he hears that the national disaster is coming. He painted "Running Horse" overnight to express his anxiety.
In this painting, Xu Beihong uses rich and unrestrained pen and ink to outline the turning parts such as the head, neck, chest and legs, and uses a dry pen to sweep out the mane tail, which changes naturally. The straight line of the horse's leg is thin and powerful, like a steel knife, penetrating the back of the paper, while the arc of the abdomen, buttocks and mane tail is very elastic and dynamic. On the whole, the front of the picture is big and the back is small, with a strong sense of perspective, and the legs and horse's head stretching forward have a strong impact, which seems to break through the picture.
a herd of horses
In Xu Beihong's early Ma Su, there was a literati's indifferent poetry, showing a state of "looking back on loneliness". After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Beihong realized that artists should not be confined to the narcissism of art, but should share the fate with the country and put their artistic creation into a fiery life, so his horse became a symbol of national spiritual awakening. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, his horse became a symbol of "the mountains and rivers have returned to democracy and the rugged road has been leveled". It is still galloping, but less anxious and more cheerful.
Portrait of miss Jenny
The Portrait of Miss Jenny is one of the most famous portraits of oil paintings by Xu Beihong, who was 44 years old at the turn of spring and summer from 65438 to 0939. This work was written by Xu Beihong when he held a charity sale in Nanyang to support the domestic war of resistance. The woman in the painting, Miss Jenny, was born in Guangdong and was a celebrity in Sin Chew at that time. This portrait was commissioned by Xu Beihong, her boyfriend and then Belgian Deputy Consul in Singapore. Miss Jenny in the painting is lifelike, dressed in a white stand-up cheongsam, sitting safely in Nanyang's unique rattan chair. The picture was fixed at the moment when she looked back. Her quiet face, gentle and elegant, fashionable curly hair, book in hand and sitting posture fully show the beauty of fashion, elegance and self-confidence of Miss Jenny as an overseas Chinese woman. This work quietly combines the sketch of western oil painting with the rendering and painting method of traditional ink painting in China, breaking through the east-west boundary of traditional figure painting, and has great artistic characteristics and appeal. According to records, this painting was praised by everyone after it was completed. Blanca was amazed at Xu Beihong's talent and once held a grand painting unveiling ceremony. Miss Jenny likes it, too After the work was finished, she generously donated money to save the country. This was a widely circulated story at that time. This painting raised S $40,000, which was the largest fundraising with Nanyang during this period (the total amount exceeded S $ 1 1. 1 ten thousand). Xu Beihong himself was very satisfied with this work, and specially asked the photographer to take pictures of it and this painting as a souvenir, which later became the cover of the book "Sin Chew Sad Flood".
Jiufanggao
Qin Mugong said, Bole said, "My son is old. What's his last name? Can he be a centaur?" Bole said to him, "A good horse can be said to have the same bones and muscles. The horse in the world, if destroyed, if lost, if lost. If this person is completely clean. Ministers' sons are all talented. You can tell a good horse, but you can't tell a horse in the world. I have nine parties with people who are worried about food, for horses, not for ministers. Please look. " Mu Gong saw it and ordered him to beg for a horse. Jiufanggao went against the trend in March. The newspaper said, "I see. Just in the sand dunes. " Mu Gong said, "What horse is there?" Right: "It's yellow." It is convincing and embarrassing. Mu Gong doesn't talk. Call bole and say, "defeat!" How does a horse know what his son wants from a horse? "Bole sighed and said," What about this? "? Yes, that's why there are thousands of ministers and countless others So does Jorge's view of secrets. Get the essence and forget the roughness, forget the outside. See what they see, not what they can't see; See what they see, but leave what they can't see "If the horse is better than the horse, there are people who are more expensive than the horse. "When the horse arrives, it is the horse in the world.
Tian Heng 500 scholar
This painting "Tian Heng 500 Scholars" is a famous work by Xu Beihong. The story comes from Biography of Historical Records and Tian Yan. Tian Heng was the old royal family of Qi at the end of Qin Dynasty, and became the king of Qi after Tian Xian. After Liu Bang wiped out the wolves, Tian Heng and his 500 strong men fled to an island. Liu Bang heard that Tian Heng won the hearts of the people and was afraid of trouble in the future, so he sent messengers to pardon Tian Heng's sin and recall him. "Biography of Historical Records" originally recorded: "... is to make the festival hold books again and say to the merchants:' When Tian Heng comes, the king is the greatest, and the second son is Hou Er; If you don't come, sending troops will punish you. Tian Heng and his guests took the idea of Luoyang. ..... less than thirty miles, I went to the stable in the corpse township, thanked the messenger and said,' See the son of heaven, and take a bath.' Stop, that is, the guest said:' Heng and Hanwang are called orphans in the south, and now Hanwang is the son of heaven, while Heng is a matter of national subjugation in the north, and his shame is very solid. .....' So there are 30. ..... 500 people in the sea, make this call. Even when they heard about Tian Heng's death, they all committed suicide, so they knew that the Tian Heng brothers could get a scholar. "At the end of the article, Sima Qian wrote with emotion:" It is not wise for the guests to die in righteousness because of the high festival. I was put on the list for this. What a pity that people who are good at drawing can't draw! "It can be seen that Xu Beihong's paintings are inspired by Tai Shigong.
It is precisely because of Tian Heng and others' "Noble Festival" that "wealth can't be lewd and power can't be bent" that the painter deliberately chose the dramatic scene of Tian Heng's farewell to 500 strong men. This huge historical painting is filled with a tragic spirit, which is amazing. In the painting, Tian Heng, wearing a scarlet robe, was placed on the right to show his farewell. He held his head high, looked serious, and stared at the sky, as if he were asking about the vast world. Two-thirds of the characters across the screen convey the resultant force of the masses in a dense formation.
In the lower right corner of the crowd, an old woman and a young woman are holding a little girl and looking up at Tian Heng with sad eyes. Its sculptural size and pyramid-like structure undoubtedly remind us of the paintings of Pu Sang and David. Xu's picture is also dominated by favorite red, yellow and blue, which highlights Tian Heng's answer with young men. The back is lined with a clear and plain sky, giving people a clear and solemn feeling. "Noble simplicity and quiet greatness" is an artistic style advocated by German classical pathologist winkelmann.
When you appreciate Xu Beihong's paintings, you will find that the stretched arms, tiptoes, legs across in front of you, wooden sticks and dark swords of the characters in the paintings constitute a picture rhythm, which is quiet in movement and full of heroic spirit. In China, where modernist art prevailed at that time, Xu Beihong insisted on the realistic position of paying attention to life and society, and expressed his call for social justice through historical paintings, just like lightning in the dark illuminating the sky and revealing the dawn.
Wounded lion
Created in 1938, when the Japanese invaders occupied most of China, they were devastated, and the injured lion Xu Beihong was filled with indignation. The wounded lion he painted, looking back, is of infinite significance. He wrote an inscription on the painting: "At the time of Kong Ji's national disaster, he lived alone with Mr. Lin Ruo in Chongqing and did not want to write this." It shows the author's patriotic thought and his concern for the country and the people. This is a masterpiece of realism and romanticism. China is known as the "sleeping lion" in the East, but now most of northeast China is occupied by Japanese imperialism, and the "sleeping lion" has become a wounded lion. The injured lion glared and looked unbearable, ready to fight and struggle, which contained strength and fortitude.
Yu Gong Yi Tu Shan
This "Gong Yu Yishan Map" is of great practical significance. Painted on 1940, it coincides with the critical moment of China people's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The painter intends to express the determination and perseverance of the anti-Japanese people with vivid artistic language and inspire them to win the final victory.
During the Anti-Japanese War in Yishan, Gong Yu, Ning, Wu and Guang successively fell, and the situation was tense and materials were scarce. Xu Beihong traveled in Hong Kong, Singapore and other places to raise money for the motherland and help the victims. From 1939 to 1940, at the invitation of Tagore, a great Indian poet, Xu Beihong went to India to hold an art exhibition to publicize the Anti-Japanese War. During this period, he created many oil paintings, but the most important achievement is this Chinese painting "Jade Man Moves Mountains". Its story is based on a myth in Liezi Tang Wen: Gong Yu tried to level Taihang Mountain and Wuwangshan Mountain because they blocked the road. Someone made fun of him for it. He said, "Although I am dead, I have a son. Children have grandchildren, and grandchildren have children; A son has a son, and a son has a grandson:' Children and grandchildren are infinite; And the mountains don't increase, why bother and be uneven?' "The result was finally moved to the sky, and the two mountains were moved away by the gods.