The Value Of Painting In Oil Painting Creation Since Western Modernism

The history of painting is almost as old as human being, is the manifestation of a materialization of human wisdom.Although the development history of oil painting is not as old as painting, but because of the plasticity of oil painting materials, the authenticity of the description and its preservation, soon it is appreciated and rewarded by artists, to undertake the important social responsibility.For hundreds of years, painting always finds favor in artists and noblemen.But when science and technology developed to a certain extent, photography appeared,which will take the place of oil painting to describe the objective reality of the social responsibility.Photography is more convenient and fast than painting on the recording of objective image,so painting had to give way to photography on this aspect.But the oil painting with a long history,when face such a dilemma, needed a kind of ability of introspection, found its own value of existence.The creation of oil painting did not exist as a social tool, but obtain the recognition of artists in a higher profile.Although after more than 100 years, the development of oil painting has experienced several relatively significant change, but every time for the oil painting was a kind of growth, and artists can understand the oil painting more in-depth.Just like Greenberg’s words,in art,not only in the oil painting,there must be a characteristic which was unique and cannot be copied.And there must be a own way for every art form to create a work,by this way every art form can achieve its unique result.If found the characteristic,it can keep the uniqueness and specificity,thought its show range would be reduced.When the artists created there oil painting works,they found the characteristic,that was its character of painting.lt is a kind of appearance of materialization,the artists presented their subjective emotion by their brush and material,based on the form of work.Though the oil painting is developing, the characteristic of painting will keep the purity and vitality of oil painting.