Warmth "pop"

As an independent type of painting, landscape painting has an irreplaceable status inWestern art.Having experienced every procedure as sprout、independent、development、evolution.After baptized by impressionism、realism、especially post-impressionism in the mid-nineteencentury, landscape painting have becoming better and approaching perfection day by day.Entering into the twentieth century, along with the change of social formation and the widely useof photographing technique, just like any other art category, creation of landscape painting seemsto come to a dead end. Growing in such a background, Hockney David has a artistic career withups and downs. Only35years old of him, have making his home in Paris, he won big success inhis early age. His pop artistic work had make him gain a high reputation, compared to any artistalive. Having a strong creative desire in his whole life, he is the greatest master of easel paintingfrom twentieth century until now because of his various style. In his old age, landscape painting,this kind of ancient theme drew his attention once again. At that time, landscape painting becamethe main creation of Hockney’s artistic career.Expressing a true self, landscape painting of Hockney David push this kind of art into a newhigh spot for its creation awareness and flexibility in the use of modern technology. This newconception of A Big Picture is revolutionary. The creation awareness is a result of love for hishometown. What come into the eye of audience is the combination of reform、composition、language、tonality、brushwork and artistic conception, in the meantime, what they feel is genuineartistic creation but not the quotidian ideal landscape.Paper divied into four chapter: first one, though the analyze of animation and artistic career,illuminating that creative research of landscape painting had a role significance to himself.Second, though the development of pop art and the flexible use and profound comprehend ofgreat Hockney David, we will have a anew understanding to pop art, as well as use its languageto create landscape. Chapter four, after a comparative analysis with Monnal,Van Gogh andPicasso, showing every originality in Hockney’s landscape painting from color,brushwork andcomposition, thus trigger a new feeling and comprehension to A Big Picture. And the last chapter,expounding a life attitude and artistic pursuit hidden deeply in Hockney’ landscape painting. Thebeauty of artistic conception is not only the tidemark of painting but also a lofty realm of life.“Acquainting” with Hockney David have made us a new understanding in landscape painting.Compared to a constant persist to conception, artistic masters concentrate more on higher realmof life. As Hockney David saying: i forget which modernist school critic said, there won’t be anybreak though in landscape painting. Nevertheless, every time someone say something like that,my stubborn thinking is, oh, i believe in it. After a thorough consideration, i figure out that judgment can never be true. Because every generation has its own aspect of reviewing, landscapepainting is doable, landscape haven’t near its ends.