A Study On The Representation Of Animal Images In Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting

Human beings and animals are the same creatures in the world,in fact,human beings are also animals.From the primitive period when people hunted and captured animals to now,people have protected animals and become good friends of animals.The relationship between human beings and animals is very close.With the continuous evolution of human beings,the relationship between human beings and animals is also changing.This is also true in artistic creation,from murals in primitive period to animals.The runes of animals on Chinese bronze wares,and the oil paintings on animal subjects,as well as the paintings on animal images,witness and record the development and evolution of history.At the same time,depicting the vivid life of animals and expressing the inner spiritual world through animal images are also a major feature of animal subjects.In the creation of oil paintings,animals have their own metaphorical nature.Whether it is to depict the realistic state of animals or to convey emotional and social information by describing animal images,animal paintings can be said to have a very important position in the history of Chinese art.Through the analysis of domestic painters’ animal theme works,this paper analyses their style characteristics and creative intentions,and summarizes the relationship between animal images and human artistic creation.In contemporary oil paintings,many artists express their inner feelings by describing animal subjects.They have not only depicted animal images themselves,but also expressed their inner world by describing animals and criticizing some phenomena in today’s society.Artists express their artistic thinking and humanistic concern through animal images from their unique artistic perspective,which also shows that animal oil painting plays an irreplaceable role at present.