Time Portrait

As China oil painting realistic portrait painting of the special form,"big head" portraitpainting in nearly30years following the steps of China’s social and economic development ofdeveloping and evolution. As early as in before liberation "big head" painting is set uppolitical beliefs, and beautify the leader in the form of image, until the cultural revolutionperiod LingXiuXiang waking, these works from the most of painting, is simply for politicaland service. The real "big head" painting from the late1980s, Luozhongli "father" start, thenwith the reform and opening up the impact of foreign culture, economic rapid development,and many other social factors, the artist as art creation of ontology material and spiritual ideaproduced great changes, they were counting on the artistic creation appeal also they are inreflecting the state of the era, this makes the different period of the "big head" painting worksof art show styles are completely different. From the beginning of the single for propagandamedia promotion need of politics, to the human care, then to so far to diversificationdevelopment tendency, we can see the "big head" painting creation from a single collectivismto personal subject awareness, to deepen trajectory. This track is may extend for modernChinese realistic painting development track.But in recent years the commercialization of artists in part driven under, art creationprocess see be a commodity economy service process. Works are not copy from, is to useempty tasteless visual symbols genocide. This paper was the choice of "big head" painting,because its in modern Chinese realistic painting development of the nearly decades played animportant role, through the picture reduction historical context, reflect social reality, and italso can see the artist to society, and the life of personal heart experience. This paper lists the part of the typical "big head" paintings, reform and opening up inrecent decades China before and after the change of social consciousness for context, the "bighead" painting to explain the evolution of the development. The "big head" the aestheticcharacteristics of painting, try to analyze the artist in different times art appeal, so as topresent the trend of the development of the Chinese oil painting is a preliminary judgment.More important is through to the "big head" painting research for today’s China to the creationof the realistic painting offer reference and Using for reference.