Xu Beihong profile
Xu Beihong was originally named Xu and later renamed "Bei Hong". A native of Qiting Town, Yixing County, Jiangsu Province, he is a modern painter and art educator in China. Born in poverty, he studied poetry and calligraphy with his father since childhood (at the age of 6, he read four books and five classics with his father and then learned painting).
Xu Beihong was born in a civilian family in Qitingqiao Town. His father Xu Zhangda was a teacher in a private school. He is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. He often paints at the invitation of his fellow villagers to earn a little money to supplement his family. Mother Lu is a simple working woman.
At the age of 9, Xu Beihong formally studied painting with his father. Every day after lunch, he copied a painting by Wu Youru, a famous painter in the late Qing Dynasty, and learned painting skills such as color mixing and setting. /kloc-at the age of 0/0, he has been able to help his father make up the minor part of the picture and write Spring Festival couplets such as "Peace through the year and Happy Birthday" for the villagers.