The Choice Of The Times

The choice of the times ;-Comparison of the artistic outlooks andthe educational thoughts of Lin Feng-main and Xu Bei-hongBoth Lin feng-mian and Xu Bei-hong are the pioneers of modern Chinese painting. In the history of modern Chinese Art, Lin Feng-mian and Xu Bei-hong are without doubt unsurpassable. Lin Feng-mian tends towards expressionism while Xu Bei-hong prefers realism.. Xu Bei-hong infused the spirit of western realistic art into the Chinese tradition of painting, aiming to invigorate the latter, Lin Feng-mian, however, adapted ideas of western art into traditional Chinese painting, thus pioneering modern Chinese painting.The early life experience of Lin and Xu determined their way that they would have walked on in the future. The article attempts to announce the reason why Lin Feng-mian's artistic view was different from Xu Bei-hong's. Undoubtedly, this is a choice of era. This kind of choice refracted the pursuits of artist in the era . Specific spirit determined specific the thoughts of the crowds, This kind of regulation was inflectd obviously on them. Xu Bei-hong transformed Chinese painting, circulating the painting element from the west to the tradition of Chinese painting. He tried hard and made Chinese painting revive .But Lin Feng-mian transformed Chinese traditional painting with the western art idea and his purpose lied in making the revival of Chinese painting, then the art circle was influenced greatly by their practice. In addition, Lin Feng-mian and Xu Bei-hong were also two great educationists and they owned different education theories. Lin Feng-mian emphasized on the expressionism particularly, while Xu Bei-hong laid particular emphasis on the realism paints. Lin Feng-mian's teaching was enlightenment, emphasizing the student's feeling, guiding students to draw a picture , making the art views of the student grow up gradually in theory, while Xu Bei-hong's teaching emphasized the realism paints, he was strict to require the student to learn the art theory. Xu Bei-hong emphasized student's firm realism artistic view. Xu Bei-hong's teaching methodology have been adopted generally by contemporary art circles.So, Lin Feng-mian and Xu Bei-hong's Art education thought will always be worth our studying conscientiously and treasuring carefully.