Xu Beihong integrated Western sketching techniques into Chinese ink painting and created thousands of Chinese paintings, oil paintings and sketches throughout his life. Xu Beihong (July 19, 1895 - September 26, 1953), formerly known as Xu Shoukang, Han nationality, was a native of Qiting Town, Yixing, Jiangsu Province. He was a modern Chinese painter and art educator. His main paintings include "Tian Heng's Five Hundred Scholars" and "Tian Heng's Five Hundred Scholars". "Nine Fang Gao", "Spring Rain on the Li River", "Morning Song", "Portrait of Tagore", "Running Horse", etc. Xu Beihong was admitted to Aurora University in 1916 to study French; in February 1919, he was admitted to the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied oil painting and sketching, and traveled to Western European countries to observe and study art works;
In 1924, he created the works "Portrait of Cat Caressing", "Xiao Sheng", "Groomman and Horse" and "Far Hearing"; in 1930, he completed the oil painting "Tian Heng Five Hundred Men"; in 1934, he held individual exhibitions in Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany. Exhibitions of modern Chinese paintings were held in Moscow and Leningrad from May to July. Xu Beihong was born into a poor family. His father, Xu Dazhang, was a local painter. He was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, seal cutting, and was especially good at painting. Mother Lu is a simple and kind-hearted housewife. Xu Beihong followed his father to practice poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal printing since he was a child, laying a foundation for traditional culture. Xu Beihong is the eldest son in the family, with five younger siblings. Xu Beihong spent his childhood in a life of "half farming, half studying, half fishing and woodworking".