At the beginning of the 20th century, China suffered a lot, not only from the ravages and invasions of foreign powers, but also from the separatist regime of domestic warlords, with frequent wars, and the broad masses of people lived in fear and anxiety every day.
Under the influence of ideological emancipation, many young intellectuals and people of insight go abroad to study new technologies and new disciplines. Full of patriotism, they have had a positive impact on social progress and social thoughts from different fields after returning to China.
As one of the artistic representatives in this period, Xu Beihong not only experienced the declining rule of the feudal dynasty, but also witnessed the hardships of the new bourgeois revolution, and witnessed the great achievements of China's * * * production party in leading the people to fight bloody battles, resist foreign aggression and establish a new China.
Under this great historical background, Xu Beihong, who is full of patriotic feelings and combines Chinese and Western artistic techniques, has created a large number of fine works of art with great characteristics of the times and patriotic complex, such as oil painting "Five Hundred Scholars in Tian Heng", Chinese painting "Nine Square Heights" and "Gong Yu Mountain".
These works not only show the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, but also implicitly express the author's anxiety about national survival and his beautiful yearning for revolutionary victory and people's liberation.
In addition to the characters, Xu Beihong's galloping horses, lions and morning chickens give people strength and vitality, showing a positive, high-pitched and inspiring spirit. What impressed me the most and gained international fame was his "Ma Bentu".
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Xu Beihong used the horse spirit as a metaphor for human spirit, and expressed the author's extremely strong feelings about home and country when expressing his ambition. He painted countless horses in his life, and they were full of energy no matter running, riding, drinking or herding horses.
To measure an artist's achievements, we should not only judge his works and artistic level, but also comprehensively judge his life experience, the background of his works, the spiritual connotation contained in his works, and the positive influence on the art world and social audiences.
Because the spiritual connotation contained in the works is more important and prominent at the critical moment, especially when the fate of the nation and the country has undergone a major turning point.
However, the most typical and representative picture of a galloping horse was painted in the autumn of 194 1. At that time, Xu Beihong went to Penang, Malaysia to hold an art exhibition to raise money for the Anti-Japanese War, while War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China was in a critical period of stalemate with the Japanese invaders.
These works not only show the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, but also implicitly express the author's anxiety about national survival and his beautiful yearning for revolutionary victory and people's liberation.