The Development Of Watercolor Painting In China And "Chinese Watercolor" Confusion

Watercolor painting as a unique form of more and more attention, not only because of its unique art form and aesthetic, as well as in China in recent years the development of watercolor painting has gradually moved toward the prosperity and the relationship between a certain maturity. On the original watercolor painting emerged in China, there is a generally accepted view is that a link with religion, oil paintings and watercolor on priorities to China later this seems no need to research, but as with oil, watercolor painting in China first appeared as a result of the arrival of Western missionaries has been spread. In addition, the Qing court in China where many haveCourt painter Lang shi ning this western artist from Italy. He not only with China’s Yan-ink paper to the court painting of the people, but also with Western oil paints and watercolor paints for those who have painted the Queen Mother, Princess Lotus Peony, portraits and so on. Missionaries who brought a number of templates at the same time, book illustrations, which some have pen pastel, watercolor landscapes, such as small-scale, this should be the first Chinese people to see works of watercolor painting.The development of Chinese watercolor painting to the present, beginning with experience from a mean imitation of the "soil water" stage, the founding of the PRC has experienced rapid germination and the early period of stagnation during the Cultural Revolution.80’s of last century to the present, China should be a new upsurge in the development of watercolor painting. Especially in recent years, some of the new generation of artists emerged, making the Chinese watercolor painting an unprecedented new look and new aesthetic orientation. However, in the new historical period, in economic and cultural information and the increasing prevalence of fast food today, watercolor painting and it is also in the field of the confusion some of the problems with today’s watercolorist and related fields. The types of watercolor painting has been to China a century and a half of history, but how to make this alien species painting with "Chinese characteristics," it in the soil of China’s real "Chinese Watercolor" Watercolor every home needs thinking and efforts. How to create watercolor painting reflected the value of Chinese culture, Chinese watercolor practice is watercolor painting into several generations of artists since the goal of working hard. Chinese watercolor painting in the development process to find themselves and break through self-and self-realization is not an easy process, restrictions on the process of this self Block facing many reasons, we will try to face the problems and solutions analysis as follows:First of all, the non-local characteristics of watercolor painting and details of the shallow, so that the development of watercolor painting in China, most of the time remains in the "imitation" of the initial stage. Secondly, the technical language and the aesthetic orientation of the monotony or the monopoly of a certain period of time to guide the development of Chinese watercolor painting is negative. In addition, a high degree of commercialization of the social environment, watercolor painting in the art market is also hampered their low status to "Chinese Watercolor" Another obstacle to the road.With high-speed economic development, culture as a superstructure, including the progress of art is to go with the flow, and the diversity of aesthetic makes people’s aesthetic demands gradually be increased. Although China has been the scene watercolor relative phase advance of the update and works, but most works of art in the technical skills and aesthetic orientation of the people failed to show there is a fresh experience. Most of the work appears only in the material can reflect the characteristics of watercolor, in the form, content and Humanities basically little details that reflect the individual characteristics of the creator and artistic quality of the things out, leading to this situation are many reasons for However, the following can not be ignored for several reasons:first, the monotony of technical skills. Second, the narrow subject matter content. Third, the aesthetic orientation of the single and monotonous.