Spirituality Present Of The Contemporary Western Realism Painting

Realistic painting has always been one of the important form of we-stern paint ing history. The main function of realistic painting in the past is vivid to realit y. But the popularity of photography.and the a-dvent of the era of mechanical reproduction,make it had to reflect on their own value and significance of exist ence. Compared with the past, the biggest characteristics of the contemporary r ealistic painti-ng is that it has the presentation of spirituality. Since the20th ce nt-ury’s most influential realist painter.like Lucian Freud,Antonio Lo-pez Garcia,Andrew wyeth and so on. their works are full of spiritand personal think.whic h let us feel the spirit level of a certain app-eal.This appeal is not like some of the contemporary Figurative art works or abstract expressionism works unpre dictable. But to make spirituality exist in their images. This article is to explor e spiritual rendering in these pictures.The contemporary realistic painting is dif-ferent from the past, also has big difference with other representati-onal paintin g,why?The key is the Spirituality presentation.Macro to say.art demand for the humanistic spirit is based on the backgroundof an era.Our time, is an age of which art can be the era of massconsumption, is an age of art become blurred. Contemporary Realism Painting can be spirituaUhis is not only a step towards contempor-ary realism painting,but also realism painting can be in the way of future development.This article will explore the spirituality presenta-tion of the contemporary western Realism Painting.to find the signi-ficance and value of t he contemporary Realism Painting.to give an inspiration to the Chinese contem porary Realism Painting.