Xu Beihong (1895-1953), Han nationality, formerly known as Xu Shoukang, was born in Qiting Town, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province. Modern Chinese painter and art educator. He once studied in France and studied Western painting. After returning to China, he has been engaged in art education for a long time. After 1949, he served as the dean of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is good at characters, animals, flowers and birds, advocating realism, especially in the tradition of Ren Bonian, emphasizing the reform of traditional Chinese painting and integrating Western painting techniques, painting advocates light and modeling, emphasizes the accurate grasp of the anatomical structure and bones of the object, and emphasizes the ideological connotation of the work. It had a great influence on the Chinese painting circle at that time, and Zhang Shuqi and Liu Zigu were called the "Jinling Three Masters" in the painting circle. His traditional Chinese paintings are rich in color and ink, which is especially famous for running horses. On September 26, 1953, Xu Beihong died of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 58. According to Xu Beihong’s wishes, his wife, Ms. Liao Jingwen, collected more than 1,200 pieces of his works. He has collected more than 1,200 pieces of works by famous calligraphers and painters in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and modern times, and more than 10,000 books, picture albums, and rubbings. Pieces, all donated to the country.