On Subjects Diversification In The Oil Paintings By YiFei Chen

Yifei Chen, as one of the most influential masters in the world of oil painting, set anexcellent example to contemporary young oil painters with his unique ideas, creating passion,artistic attainments. His paintings differ from others in his sophisticated techniques, multiplesubjects, and romantic style. With the western painting methods employed, he outlined therich Eastern culture, show intense individuality and artistic charm, and thus impressed theChinese contemporary oil painting history.Yifei Chen created many oil paintings, the subjects of which took on a wide variety ofsubjects. Moreover, the works of diversified subjects cause intense social echo, attractingmuch attention from the painting world and collection circles. The subjects of Yifei Chen’sworks cover a wide variety of scopes, including history, nostalgia, feelings about home andthe country and so on. His works contain unique artistic thoughts and feelings, spreading theconnotation and soul of the work endowed by the creator. Also, his oil paintings, succeededboth in culture and market, play a pivotal role in promoting his aesthetic principles of “giantvision” and “giant art”, influencing the shaping of creating conceptions of other artists. Hiscreating thoughts and expression, however, led to some dispute.Subject, as an important component of oil painting creation, is the indispensable themeof works for every artist. This paper, based on the diversified subjects of Yifei Chen’s oilpaintings, is to probe into the reasons for and backgrounds of his creation. According to hismasterpieces of each period, this paper is to discuss, compare and summarize them in order toconclude the different features presented in his works, and then to illustrate theenlightenments from Yifei Chen’s creation course on the contemporary young artists.