Seascape School

Author: Zhang Zhixin et al.
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Publishing Date: 2002-09-01
Features: "The 'Sea School' of painting," also known as the "Shanghai School," is abbreviated as "Hai School." One of its foundational elements is the prosperity of Shanghai's commercial economy. Since the Opium War, Shanghai gradually became one of the world's international metropolises. Its economic development and urban growth have been attributed by some to foreign capital. This is incorrect. Foreigners are not fools; they came to China to exploit wealth, not contribute to it. The development of Shanghai should actually be credited to the Taiping Rebellion. The Taiping army swept across fourteen provinces, and the officials and wealthy individuals from these provinces, fleeing the "Hong-Yang chaos," brought their wealth to Shanghai, seeking refuge in foreign concessions. According to statistics from modern experts, the majority of the world's wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few. The officials and wealthy individuals from these fourteen provinces brought the wealth of their provinces, meaning the primary wealth of these provinces, to enrich Shanghai. Foreigners recognized this and established banks to gather this idle capital, leading to Shanghai's prosperity. This book, The Sea School of Painting, emerged in time, with more comprehensive information and an extended lower limit of eighty years compared to previous works, along with illustrations, providing greater convenience for researchers.