Study On Localization Of Oil Painting In Contemporary China

Oil painting is a kind of western painting style, that was introduced into China for more than one hundred years in the history. From the beginning, it was on a long journey of localization. Generations of Chinese artists have continuously explored oil painting in the context and soil of Chinese culture, to make transplantation, improvement and regeneration. Oil painting in modern China has profound oriental art spirit. To accelerate the development of the contemporary Chinese oil painting art, it is necessary to review the contemporary Chinese oil painting "localization" process comprehensively, and to understand the contemporary performance and future trend of Chinese oil painting localization accurately. Chinese oil painting artists must consider and solve this localization problem in their creation.Most of this thesis is composed of three parts: the first is the development process of oil painting in China, focuses on the seven stages of oil painting in China and the reason of its spread and development, reviewing the fusion of oil painting between Chinese and western forms.The second part was devoted to the contemporary performance of localization in Chinese realistic and freehand oil painting, emphasis on the development trend of Chinese realistic oil painting in the 1980 s and the contemporary Chinese youth realism painter's art practice. Third part is an analysis of representative artists and works in the field of contemporary oil paining in China. This part attempts to makes a wide understanding of contemporary Chinese oil painting and enable us to realize the diversification in modern oil painting art development and the trend of cultural globalization.