death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date image article_title name
26 september 1953 beijing yixing , jiangsu , qing china chinese oil painting , chinese ink painting 19 july 1895 xubeihong.jpg xu beihong
 xu beihong 徐悲鴻
xu beihong

xu beihong -lrb- ; 19 july 1895 -- 26 september 1953 -rrb- was a chinese painter born in yixing , jiangsu province .
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 .
