National Spirit In Landscape Oil Painting

This article elaborated the Group of Seven in exploration of the Canadian art and its national spirit, proposed the landscape oil painting should pay attention to express the spiritual content. The article introduced how the Group of Seven insisted their own artistic position and creation path during the time that the national art was not yet understood by the Canadians, how they simultaneously using the artistic language to arouse the people of Canada's national pride, move toward the confident in independent and as well as promoted the development of Canadian native art. The article outlines the Group of Seven how they reflected "National Spirit" in the landscape oil painting. The same time, the Chinese landscape Oil painting should pay attention on select topic and spiritual appearance, to create paintings with spirit of its time.