Exhibition of Xu Beihong held at Guangdong Museum of Art
BY :China Daily
UPDATED :2025-03-17
Xu Beihong (1895-1953) is recognized as a key figure in the modernization of Chinese art in the 20th century. Trained in China and France, he sought to bring reforms to the home art scene and art education through the integration of Eastern and Western cultural traditions.
He worked with both the mediums of ink and oil to create a body of paintings in which he explored motifs and an approach to realism that would attest to the changes of time and people's aesthetics. Especially during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), he painted a lot to raise funds for self-defense, and to motivate Chinese people to keep on resisting and not lose hope.
Legacy Through Time: Xu Beihong, an ongoing exhibition at Guangdong Museum of Art, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, through to June 15, centers around the formation of Xu's style in painting and his views on art and education. The works show his revisits of the lion and galloping horse, two themes that have made him popular, in which Xu embodied the spirit of perseverance and heroism when confronting enemies.
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Mondays
Address: No. 19 Baietan Nanlu, Liwan district, Guangzhou, Guangdong province
