Xu Beihong Museum

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  • Address
    53 Xinjiekou Beidajie, Xīchéng
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  • Phone
    6225 2042
  • Transport
    underground rail: Jishuitan

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Lonely Planet review

The Chinese artist Xu Beihong (1895-1953), best remembered for his galloping horses that injected dynamism into previously static forms of Chinese brushwork, is commemorated in this intriguing museum. Xu's success is celebrated here in seven halls and remembered in a collection of oils, gouache, pen and ink sketches, and portraits.

Exposed to foreign (principally European) painting styles, Xu possessed one of 20th-century China's more fertile imaginations. The communists feted Xu, which partly explains the success and longevity of his name.