MY FATHER ARTIST XU BEIHONG

10800 Torre Avenue,Cupertino CA 95014

16 April, 2023

Description

Famous for his ink brush paintings of galloping horses, pioneering Chinese artist Xu Beihong integrated Chinese and Western painting and mentored generations of Chinese artists. Galloping Horses: Artist Xu Beihong and His Family in Mao’s China describes how Xu Beihong's family and legacy survived the turbulence of Mao’s ever-changing policies, which dictated the direction of art and music from 1949 through the devastating ten-year Cultural Revolution. This book offers untold experiences of Xu Beihong during this period. Artist Xu Beihong’s daughter Xu Fangfang will give a talk and hold a book signing of her book, Galloping Horses: Artist Xu Beihong and His Family in Mao’s China. She will speak about Xu Beihong’s art and her book. Program conducted in English with bilingual question and answer session. Xu Beihong 徐悲鴻 (1895-1953) is widely known as the father of modern Chinese painting. Famous for his ink brush paintings of galloping horses, pioneering Chinese artist Xu Beihong integrated Chinese and Western painting and mentored generations of Chinese artists. Born in Beijing, Xu Fangfang graduated in piano performance from Beijing’s Preparatory Music High School affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music. She moved to the U.S. in 1981 and earned a B.A. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. In 2000, she became the founding director of the music department at Renmin University of China. She helped initiate and facilitate the first comprehensive solo U.S. exhibition of her father Xu Beihong’s work, presented by the Denver Art Museum, Oct. 2011-Jan. 2012. She has published several articles on Xu Beihong and his art including “Xu Beihong’s Life and Art,” and “Xu Beihong's Connection with India” in Art no. 09 (2020). She was co-editor for the exhibition Xu Beihong: Pioneer of Modern Chinese Painting catalogue, Denver Art Museum, 2011. The presentation will include high-quality images of Xu Beihong‘ masterpieces such as his Galloping Horse, followed by book signing.