Shanghai art season showcases prominent artworks

Trained at home and in France, Xu Beihong (1896-1953) left an artistic oeuvre that shaped the nation's imagery and collective memories of historical painting. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-arts in Paris, where he learned the European academic tradition from veteran artists, including Francois Flameng.

Visitors feel this lineage passed on from the French teacher and his Chinese student a century ago at Western Classical Art: Where Connoisseurs Meet Masters. In this exhibition, a watercolor by Flameng is now on show in Shanghai.