Help w/Signature & thoughts on BIG (5ft x 4ft) Chinese painting of men roping horse

I started to buy a beautiful set of carved wood architectural figural caryatids for $500 at a thrift store today - so instead I bought a 9 piece Russell Woodard spun fiberglass patio set in excellent condition - and a big, beautiful (to me!) Chinese painting of 2 men roping a horse.
The painting is on wood & BIG (4ft x 5ft!) and is signed.
Can anyone tell who the artist's name is (or hopefully who they are - because they are well known?!)
Thoughts on the painting - I paid $150 for it?
Also here is the Woodard 9 piece set that I've sold before here in Miami that I paid $400 for - and should at least double my money.

Was this a better deal than the caryatids (I know it was safer, but those figures were beautiful!)?

Thanks for any information on the painting!



Here is the Woodard spun fiber patio set below

 

Is this it?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/673476741/large-antique-framed-giclee-painting

 

I think yours was influenced by an image called Tribute Horses from the Yuan dynasty. Yours is a copy of that image, I think. Not 100% sure yours is a painting, looks more like a watercolor if it is.

 

Looks like it - except that one is only 27 inches and mine is painted - I think; it feels dusty/chalky - could it be pastel? But with a magnifying glass I can see/feel it's painted - especially with any build up of paint

 

What kind of paint feels..chalky or dusty? I know it's not oil or enamel - would watercolor feel like that? It would help me sell it to be able to say what it is.
Thanks.

 

From your description: pastel

 

If it’s pastel chalk it would need to be covered with glass! that would come off on your hands when touched.
If it’s oil pastel it would feel greasy. Gouache can feel chalky but again would need to be glazed.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouache
Again it always helps to show the back of a painting, you know this, as someone always asks….

 

I know and I apologize - I paid a guy who hangs out at the thrift store to deliver large sales and when he brought it to my house he helped me hang it on the wall because it is Heavy- so much I didn't want to try to take it down - and wrestle it back up - to photograph the back. I'm sorry - maybe someone will come by my estate/garage sale & I'll get them to help me bring it down & replace it after I take a photo of the back.

 

Isn't a watercolor a painting? Would someone paint a watercolor on wood?
Thanks Lithographer

 

Yes a watercolor is a painting and best done on paper although it can be used on other surfaces including wood. Looks like it could be gouache. Pastel will rub off immediately.

 

Do you still have this painting? I saw one exactly like yours in North Miami in 2022.

 

No sold it - but I live in N Miami so maybe you saw it at one of my estate sales or from the person who bought it from me.