This painting will be entered in the American Academy of Equine Art - April Fools (After the Masters Show. Xu Beihong, also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter. He was primarily known for his Chinese ink paintings of horses and birds and was one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a modern China at the beginning of the 20th century. Wikipedia Born: July 19, 1895, Yixing, Wuxi, China Died: September 26, 1953, Beijing, China