Yu Heliang

Yu Heliang, male, Art Name: Master of the Wild Horse, born in Anhui in 1953, currently residing in Beijing.

       He has loved calligraphy and painting since childhood, became obsessed with painting horses in his youth, and gained fame for his horse paintings. In 1991, he visited Mr. Huang Zhou in Beijing and listened to Mr. Huang's guidance.

       In 2000, while studying at the Xu Beihong Studio in Beijing, he was personally received by Master Liu Boshu, the final disciple of the grandmaster of painting, Xu Beihong, who commented on his works: "His horses possess strength in their bones, elegance in their spirit, and rhythm in their ink." Industry experts have also praised his horses: robust bones, well-developed muscles, strategic use of negative space in the head, belly, and rump, flowing manes and tails, displaying the momentum of "skyward galloping beyond the nine heavens, riding clouds and mist with divine grace."

         Honors and Achievements  

       In 2012, he won the Gold Medal in the National Horse Painting Competition and was selected by China Post to be featured on postage stamps, stamp albums, and first-day covers. During the "Belt and Road" initiative, his 100-meter long scroll "Ten Thousand Horses Galloping" was permanently collected by the organizing committee and designated as a "National Gift." He has been interviewed and featured in special reports by multiple domestic television stations and media outlets.
       In 2013, his work "Eight Horses in Majestic Wind" was auctioned in the autumn auction in Hong Kong and collected by a Hong Kong entrepreneur for HK$380,000.
       Exhibited to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, his work "Success as the Horse Arrives" was collected by the abbot of Famen Temple, an imperial Buddhist monastery of the Tang Dynasty.
       In 2014, he held solo exhibitions in France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and other European countries, receiving high recognition and praise from international artists, with multiple works permanently collected by art museums.
       In 2015, he won the Excellent Award at the China-Australia Twin Cities Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition.
       In 2016, he won the Gold Medal at the "Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Cup" National Calligraphy and Painting Masters International Exchange Exhibition.
       In 2017, he won the Gold Medal at the First National "Belt and Road" Chinese Cup.
       In 2018, he won the Gold Medal at the Second National Chinese Cup Folk Art and Culture Works Invitation Competition.
       In 2019, his calligraphy work was exhibited in the "Ode to the New Era: Anhui Province Grand Calligraphy and Painting Art Exhibition."