Xu Beihong Willow Bird Chart Axis

[Axis of Xu Beihong’s Painting of Willows and Sparrows]

Axis of the Painting of Willows and Sparrows, modern and contemporary, painted by Xu Beihong, paper based, colored, 131 centimeters vertically and 38 centimeters horizontally
Self title: “The wise brother of Yipu is still alive. In the summer of the twenty fourth year of Beihong’s reign, there was a seal in white on the seal of the King Sun of the East China Sea.”
The twenty fourth year refers to the twenty fourth year of the Republic of China (1935), when Xu Beihong was 40 years old
As a painter from a civilian background, Xu Beihong has a simple outlook on life and art. He does not paint beautifully winged birds or rare exotic birds, but prefers to paint sparrows, because “sparrows are the most rustic, with their ochre brown body and no bright colors, and they do not even have a posture to walk, making them a bumpkin.”. In Xu Beihong’s eyes, sparrows are cute because of their simplicity
The picture shows willow branches with tender buds fluttering and dancing in the spring breeze, attracting a group of sparrows to dance. They may fly horizontally, sideways, or dive in various forms, making the picture quite ornamental. People seem to hear their chirping and cheerful cries, singing the bright spring light
The sparrow in the picture is painted with a brush and directly dotted with ink on the highly absorbent Sheng Xuan, demonstrating the author’s superb modeling ability and ability to control the brush and ink. “The body of the sparrow is painted in ochre and light ink in 32 strokes, while the hard wings, beaks, and claws on the bird’s feathers are painted in heavy ink while wet. The painter’s exquisite and skilled coloring vividly expresses the innocent and naive beauty of the sparrow.”.