Examine-Contemporary Chinese Watercolor Art Development Status

Watercolor in China with a100-year development history has experienced the"infancy","growth","development" to "boom" period. With the unremitting efforts ofseveral generations, the watercolor creation team is getting larger after and a largenumber of outstanding young artists are emerging. Especially the last two decades,Chinese watercolors have rapidly developed and showed its prosperity and situation.No metter in the expansion of the theme, the update of the concept and art techniquesinnovation has made a breakthrough. The frequent exhibition of watercolors and artseminars and academic exchange activities also contributed greatly to thedevelopment of contemporary watercolor painting.However, if compared with contemporary China oil painting, art mainstream in thesame period, it is not difficult to find the problems of contemporary watercolor status:Watercolor market development lagged behind, some artists lacking faith and sense ofresponsibility artistic methods and ideas obsolete. Therefore, how to improve thestatus of contemporary Chinese watercolor art in the art market, to enhance its modernquality, highlight its characteristics, is a common topic of concerned throughout thewatercolor circles.The thesis analyzes the contemporary background and development status ofwatercolor painting and praised the development achievements at the same time, andresearch factors restricting the development of watercolor to provide a theoreticalbasis and motivation for the development of contemporary Chinese watercolor art.