Watercolor And Neoteric Reform Chinese Traditional Painting

Seeing Chinese neoteric art after Opium War, especially after "Sea Genre" in late QingDynasty, western painting has impenetrated Chinese painting art, which solicitation theinterlacing the afouling and the amalgamation of western and east culture. When it comes to19th century, after some civil wars, Chinese painting art was influenced by the westernculture more and more intensity. The attitude between western and Chinese painting art is thechallenge to neoteric Chinese artists. Meanwhile, it offered a space for their art produce. "Influenced by western art" is mainly manifested on the art kind, oil painting andindraught of western art inspirit. But the difference between Chinese traditional painting andoil painting made great excluding among their amalgamation. While watercolor's emergenceconciliated the contradiction. It also offered technique artifice and spirit support to theamalgamation. Since "Sea Genre", the thinking of western painting made Chinese art involved in anunknown field, which also doubted the value of Chinese traditional painting and its exist way.Neoteric Chinese artists made different choice to the intruding of western art, including that ofwatercolor. This thesis is mainly from "Sea Genre" in late Qing Dynasty to middle of 20th century,during this 100 years, Chinese art imbibed active factor of western painting to consummatetheir own. By doing some research on some Chinese traditional artists who influencedChinese art deeply, to thinking of the pluralistic as well as art noumenon itself ,etc.