Xu Beihong was a Chinese painter best known for his traditional ink paintings of horses, birds, and landscapes ... Along with his more traditional ink washes, Xu also created large-scale oil paintings ...

One of the earliest known ­images in British art is the ... of thoroughbred horses for wealthy patrons. These were, in effect, a form of portraiture, at a time when portrait-painting was one ...

The iconic Hay Wain oil painting by the Suffolk ... that he used to create the finished painting. The Hay Wain depicts the Suffolk countryside and features horses pulling a wood wain, or large ...