One of the earliest known ­images in British art is the ... of thoroughbred horses for wealthy patrons. These were, in effect, a form of portraiture, at a time when portrait-painting was one ...

Xu Beihong was a Chinese painter best known for his traditional ink paintings of horses, birds, and landscapes ... Along with his more traditional ink washes, Xu also created large-scale oil paintings ...

Through oil paintings ... horses. His refined works also showcase imagined scenes of horsemen parading through Qatar’s desert heritage sites, blurring the line between reality and art.