Unlikeancientartistsobsessedwithsaddledhorses,XuBeihongpreferredferalandwildones.TrainedinFrance,theChinesemasterstudiedequineanatomy,spendinghoursobservinghorses’movementsandexpressions.Xu’sportrayalsofhorsesgallopingortrottingpast,inarichvarietyofposes,aresomeofthemostcaptivatingoftheirkind.Usingmostlyblackink,theycombinethebestmethodsfromEastandWest.Thelinesandbrushstrokesaresimple,yetinvariableevoketheessenceoftheanimals.