| Opera and painting that generate artistic inspiration through the practical experience of life and vividly expressed through the concise and summarized artistic techniques are both the product of the combination of realism and romanticism.The artistic views of "vivid portraiture" and "freehand brushwork by form" in traditional Chinese painting are also reflected in the performance of opera art,which has a wonderful similarity.Though opera paintings have not been taken seriously by the mainstream painters,their unique artistic expression forms still play a certain role in the development of Chinese painting in the history of Chinese painting.The opera paintings produced in different periods still exude their unique artistic charm,thus producing far-reaching cultural significance and social effects among them.Since the 20 th century,a large number of Chinese painters such as Guan Liang and Lin Fengmian who were representative took traditional opera as the creation subject.They combined stage,reality and themselves in their creation and endowed drama painting with a new concept,which had a far-reaching influence.In the 1980 s,painters had more and more diverse choices in painting forms and they used opera themes more flexibly and freely,and their works paid more attention to expressing their feelings with the diversified development of Chinese painting at that time.Combined with the above analysis,this paper will sort out the development and evolution of the art of drama painting,and list famous opera painting works,analyze the artistic characteristics of contemporary drama painting,and explore the realistic significance and emotional expression of contemporary Chinese drama painting.The first chapter of this paper summarizes the development history of opera painting,and the second chapter elaborates the inheritance and expression form of contemporary opera painting by combining the theories and practices of opera painters such as Guan Liang,Lin Fengmian and Zhu Zhengeng.The third chapter summarizes the creation practice and sentiment of Liyuan Painting Yun. |