Wuxi: the history of Chinese painting in the city

"Wuxi century oil painting" is a cross-century concept, refers to the early 20th century, early 21st century in this period. 20th century China, in a feudal society to a modern social transformation of the historical moment, in the East and West collide, the integration of changes in the painting as exotic, it can not help but carry a double task: on the one hand, it can survive in the development of China ; the other hand, it can affect the inherent traditional Chinese painting out of the new road.

Surprisingly, Wuxi different timing in this century occurred in two actually influence the development of key characters of Chinese art - Xu Beihong and Wu Guanzhong. Both of them were born in Wuxi, Yixing, and with art students to study in France. Xu Beihong in simply returning beginner century, the introduction of the Western College of realism painting, and become advocates for the concept of realism transformation of traditional Chinese painting, the leader, the gradual decline of traditional Chinese painting to adapt to the times and people's needs to embark on a reflect the real life of the new road.

Wu Guanzhong in his early years studying in Hangzhou National Art College, studied in France in the 1940s, back when New China was founded. While the "left" line of intervention trials to art, but after years of silence in his fusion of Chinese and Western art on the road exploring, and in the new period in his artistic practice and theory, order out of chaos into art world pioneer in the field of artistic ideas , leading the art of fine arts to the development of self-regulation body, the art of diversified development pattern to make a historic contribution. His new art has earned an international reputation.

They are in modern Chinese art history at different times, leading the trend, impact on the development of China's century-old painting.

From the artistic concepts and artistic style, early because studied with different, different values of art, showing a different artistic style. Attended the Central University of Luce studied with Xu Beihong hundred, Yang Hou, Wu Rongkang, Xu Feng, as well as studying the United States specifically studied with Yan Wenliang Suzhou white sand, and then type Ling, Yang Yadian other, almost all known realist painting. While attending the National Hangzhou Art College (now the China Academy of Art) painter, in the principal Lin, "Chinese and Western fusion" claim under the guidance of the art, the art school idea more active. Yixing, Wu Dayu is a professor of Art in Hangzhou, and Lin derived the development of modern art. The student Wu, Ding days missing, Wukai Cheng, Min Shu Qian, Jiang Yan and other paintings in the future showing a different style.