Chen Zhifu Art Research

As one of the modern Chinese artists, and in the field of art crafts, fine brushwork of birds and flowers, arts education, Chen Zhifo is renowned for all these contribution. This paper attempts to place the artist in the overall picture of the development of Chinese modern art, with the combination of 20th century art history, also with the background of western learning environment, around Chen Zhifo’s artistic career, returns to particular works and artistic styles, discusses the causes and characteristics of artistic styles; artistic achievements in different fields, and his special implications for the development of contemporary Chinese art.Chen Zhifo specialized in the field of arts craft and art education, in his middle age, he turned to the artwork of birds and flowers, Chen used to study in Japan and during the long time of practice in arts and crafts, he created fine brushwork bird art creation with some external factors and modest decor is not lost on traditional inheritance. Chen had a lot of studies in Chinese and foreign art and design, which enabled him to order a new aesthetic perspective to contemplation of its arts and crafts design, this work not only promote modern Chinese arts and crafts, but also nourished traditional Chinese meticulous bird creative innovation. We can say it is a special character of Chen to founded modern Chinese arts and crafts and changed the style of traditional art crafts of birds and flowers with foreign artistic elements, re-interpretation and explore the essence of fine brushwork bird by modern ideas and aesthetic appeal, reversing the overall modern Chinese bird painting situation. Chen’s artistic concept makes it closer to the traditional painting and modern distance, emphasizing the national character and contemporary art at the same time, the formation of modern Chinese fine brushwork in very unique creation, which is not only the style sense on Western integration, but also keep pace with modern art methodological significance level. Chen fully demonstrated the success of Chinese traditional painting, and absorbs extensive foreign art essence, finally lead to the ultimately success to the transition of modern times.With rich artistic experiences and multi-dimensional social identity, Chen Zhifo witnessed the transition times of Chinese painting, art transformation and many events during the process to modern times of art, with the research of Chen’s art, the author attempts to form the basic features of Chinese art in the 20th century of modernization and their creative achievements from one side of collusion.