Northwest Style In Chinese Contemporary Landscape Painting

China’s landscape painting has witnessed20years of rapid development, since it flowits own colors in1990’s. In the meantime, it led to the generation of many unique styles oflandscape painting and landscape painting group, laid the foundation to the diversificationof China’s contemporary landscape oil painting. Based on regional and culturalcharacteristics, the northwest painting was in the limelight of the western country,becoming uniqueness in China’s contemporary oil painting and shed a wide effect in itsdevelopment. This essay will illustrate the development of Chinese oil painting and giveemphasis on the northwest style. To underline the thesis, it will analyze the northwest stylein background, formation, developmental factor, specific expression, room fordevelopment and its potential. It also will investigate the direction of China’s contemporarypainting and point out a future for the northwest style.