《芭蕉黑貓》徐悲鴻 108x54.9cm 中國畫 中國美術(shù)館藏

徐悲鴻的動物畫善于捕捉動物最為傳神的瞬間，除了馬，他的貓也很有代表性。據(jù)徐悲鴻之子徐慶平回憶，為了觀察貓的嬌敏，將貓畫得傳神，徐悲鴻家里甚至同時養(yǎng)過8只貓?！半m然父親每天下班后特別累，但他還是堅持坐在躺椅上，一邊拿著乒乓球跟貓耍著玩，一邊觀察貓的神態(tài)和動作。”其貓畫或托物寄興，或用以酬答友人。1937年，徐悲鴻創(chuàng)作了《芭蕉黑貓》，畫芭蕉之下，一黑貓趴在石頭上，回首凝望。筆墨幾乎全以沒骨法畫成，雖然處處運(yùn)用的均是黑墨，但是結(jié)構(gòu)之處的交待沒有絲毫含糊，可見其筆墨駕馭之功力，十分洗練，神情畢現(xiàn)。

XU Beihong is good at capturing the most vivid moment of animal. In addition to horses, his painting of cat is also most representative. According to his son XU Qingping’s recall, his family even raised eight cats at the same time for the sake of his father to observe. "Although my father was particularly tired after getting off work every day, he still stuck to the couch while watching the cat's demeanor and movements while holding a ping-pong ball and playing with it."His cat paintings are either to convey his feelings, or reward friends. XU Beihong crated theBlack Cat under the Plantainin 1937, a black cat lying on the stone under the plantain, staring back. Nearly all the ink was used for bone-free water ink portrait,black ink was used everywhere, however the explanation of the structure was not slightest vague, showing his capacity of ink and brush control, and the small creature looked alive.