| Pessimism is a kind of optimism and a negative outlook on life. Pessimists believe evil is the decisive power to rule the world, people are doomed to disaster and anguish. Kindness and justice is meaningless, moral value is destroyed desires.In the first chapter, mainly introduces the phenomenon of philosophy of pessimism and tert pessimism in western society, the core content of Schopenhauer’s pessimistic philosophy.The second chapter summarizes the impact of pessimism of Western painting, this paper collates with pessimism of works of art from the analysis of the three time the classical period, the modern period and the contemporary art context. In the works of the artists, their dissatisfaction with society, to the life of the anxiety, the living condition of human suffering, poverty, violence and all of humanity by way of art performance of the most incisive.The third chapter introduces the pessimism language evolution in the history of painting, mainly through the definition of the theme, composition, color of the painting on the three directions of pessimism for painting the influence and interaction.The fourth chapter is to discuss the "pessimistic" spirit in the China contemporary painting show, to analyze the variation of pessimism and art in the development of Chinese way of expression through the example works of different periods. To implement the Chinese actual national conditions and cultural background, significance and the development direction of affirming the existence of pessimism. |