Regional Characteristics Of Chinese Realistic Portrait Painting

China is an ancient civilization with a long history of five thousand years. Its unique regional morphology, deeply affected every Chinese artist’s painting. Because of the influence of climate, geography, humanities and other factors, the regional cultural differences between North and South China is obvious. So the regional characteristics of northern and southern Chinese realistic painting is a very meaningful topic.Regional differences between North and South China contemporary realistic figure paintings, mainly show in the aesthetic orientation, forms and the emotional expression of these three aspects. The artists in north China emphasize a "into the world" spirit, they pay attention to society and concern about people’s daily life, so the painting of concrete is also more prominent. Their works are full of rational spirit and strong reflection on the society. The South as China’s economic and Trade Center, as far away from the political center, so the thought is active, bold free and full of distinctive personality. The southern painters pay more attention to the language of oil painting and its vitality and artistic appeal. Their work forms are very rich, every painting is an ode to the social value of individual existence. They expressed the human’s unique spiritual dimension after generated go in the commodity economy society.Nowadays, Chinese oil painting is in a period of transition. Our field of vision is flooded with varieties of art style. But no matter how the future development and change of Chinese culture, Chinese efforts to highlight the regional characteristics and create a new national oil painting will be long-term continuation of the topic. Therefore, discussing the regional difference of northern and southern oil painting style has an important significance and value.