Xu Beihong Chinese Watercolor Horse Roll for Auction at 888 Auctions on Feb 14, 2019

Xu Beihong 1895-1953 Chinese Watercolor Horse Roll – February 14, 2019

Ink and watercolor on paper roll. Featuring six horses. Signed Xu Beihong 1895-1953 Chinese, inscribed with 2 artist seals and 1 collector seal. 67 x 137 cm.

Click Here to view Lot #55 – Xu Beihong 1895-1953 Chinese Watercolor Horse Roll – February 14, 2019

Xu Beihong

Xu Beihong was a Chinese painter best known for his traditional ink paintings of horses, birds, and landscapes. Gifted with a masterful command of his medium, the artist was able to achieve a sense of movement in just a few brushstrokes. Along with his more traditional ink washes, Xu also created large-scale oil paintings in a European academic style that depicted classic Chinese scenes and portraits.

Born on July 19, 1895 in Yixing, China, Xu studied ink painting when he was just six years old.  Afterwards, he went on to study the École National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a young man. The artist exhibited throughout Europe during his life, though he was an extreme opponent of the Modernist work he saw at the time.

Today, Xu’s works are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Xu Beihong Memorial Museum was established at his house after his death on September 26, 1953 in Beijing, China.

Auction Overview

Richmond Hill, ON – 416 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ February 14th auction featuring the finest in  CHINESE PAINTINGS, MODERN ART & ANTIQUES 2019-02-14. Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.