After World War II British Study Realistic Art

In the aftermath of World War Ⅱ, in mid-twentieth century, Britain, a new generation of local artists groups began their artistic introspection from the artwork of nineteenth century, they took appropriate action, attempted to use new artistic ideas and aesthetic dimensions of interpretation of the British spirit. Behind this is not only a reflection of the "competition" relations between Britain and France, but also extremely complex echoes and confrontation between Europe and the United States. In fact, the British artists who have exalted this new concept is rooted in the British national spirit and tradition of European realism painting realism; with the impact of World War Ⅱ era, after the baptism with the image of their works to highlight a new attitude, through the artistic way of emphasizing the special circumstances to face a new era. As the most representative artists, Francis Bacon extract violence and anti-humanism through the surrealism thoughts and dig deeper roots of human fear and anxiety. Lucian Freud chose on live models and state of human body to make painterly exploration and discovery.With Bacon and Freud for the lead, with the participation of Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff and other painters, known as the "School of London", the group of artists gradually appears on the horizon. At the same time, World War Ⅱ make contribution to the great discussion of the theory in the aspect of Modernist Realism and Abstract Expressionism, at the mean time, those artists also contributed in large measure to re-examine their own art and make a positive echo or adjustment. The postwar British realism art also assume the important mission of revival of European culture and art. British and American critics David Sylvester and Clement Greenberg also took action in the aspect of national art advocacy, accordingly to the launch of the country’s most representative artists, which is the echo of the competition between the UK and the USA in the field of art theory, whilst the formation of the School of London attributed to some extent a product of this debate.Based on post-war socio-political and cultural environment,with theoretical debates in the background, the paper attempts to re-evaluate the British realism art during the Second World War to the Cold War era;explores the complicated post-war environment with the correct positioning through the concepts to analysis of specific events (including the analysis of specific works of artists as well as the critic debates between Sylvester and Greenberg,Sylvester and John Berger) to explore the changes that occur with the British art world innovation, and to restore the shape of the British art ecology.