Author:Ye Zui-Bai

Size:Length:242 x Width:543 (cm)

Size description：200×500

Introduction：Ye Zui-Bai (1909-1999), born Ye Kun, hailed from Qingtian, Zhejiang, is a renowned painter of horses in Taiwan. He graduated from the Military Academy, the Army Staff College and the National Defense University. During his military service, he held various positions, including regimental commander, chief of staff, division commander, commander, and deputy army commander. He participated in the eight-year resistance against Japan and earned considerable merit. Since 1966, his ink paintings of horses have been exhibited in a traveling exhibition in Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Saudi Arabia, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain, promoting international friendship and consoling overseas Chinese. He was awarded the Guanghua First Class Medal, the Haiguang Medal and the International Communication Medal.

Since childhood, Ye Zui-Bai enjoyed calligraphy, and during his military career, he meticulously studied various ancient Han and Wei steles. Later, he developed an interest in painting horses. Inspired by the brushwork in "Spilled Ink Immortals" by Liang Kai of the Southern Song Dynasty, he adapted the spilled ink painting method to his horse paintings, thus establishing his unique style. In his horse paintings, Ye not only expressed a heroic character through vigorous and bold brush strokes, but also created the "Sky Horse Theory", outlining his philosophy of horse painting. Hailed by literary scholar Situ Zheng as the founder of the "Sky Horse School," his horse paintings, which revolutionary elder Chang Qun called "Chinese Impressionism," emphasized the virtues of loyalty, righteousness, integrity, wisdom, benevolence, courage, truth, goodness, and beauty. By promoting the "virtuous culture of excellent horses," he advocated a culture of peace, reflecting the postwar Nationalist government's commitment to cultural diplomacy to promote world peace.

This work entitled "Majestic Mountains and Rivers" captures the breathtaking scene of countless horses galloping beneath towering mountains with unrestrained, powerful strokes of ink, exuding unstoppable momentum and grandeur. Such depictions of galloping horses often symbolize the rejuvenation of China's glory and serve as a rallying cry for unity between the military and civilians in restoring the nation's territories.

Accession Number:PT08200500

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