Black Cat under the Plantain (Chinese Painting) XU Beihong 

　　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 the Black Cat under the Plantain in 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.