Grand River Up and Down · Retrospective Exhibition of Chinese Oil Paintings in the New Era, Catalogue of Works

Author: Chief Editor of the China Oil Painting Association
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: As an external painting genre, oil painting has undergone over a century of localization in China. In this process of continuous digestion, absorption, and integration, the progress made by Chinese oil painting artists in their creations is widely recognized. The exploration of oil painting in expressing China's unique cultural spirit and cultural realm has yielded significant results, and the status of Chinese oil painting in the history of world painting is also on the rise. In the past 30 years, especially since the new era, with the firm implementation of the reform and opening-up policy and the rapid development of the socio-economy, China's oil painting creation education, the publication of oil painting works, exhibitions, and research on oil painting creation have all achieved remarkable accomplishments. Chinese oil painting art has become one of the most rapidly developing and fruitful art forms in the field of contemporary Chinese art. The emergence of numerous outstanding works and talents has led to a thriving creative scene and active theoretical discourse in the contemporary Chinese oil painting community. During this period, as Chinese society undergoes transformation and innovation, the oil painting community has continuously reflected on and addressed issues and dilemmas in creation. Today, a trend of simplicity is emerging in oil painting creation, while (a and superficial atmosphere) is gradually fading away. Oil painting artists are strengthening their belief in painting, and their comprehensive artistic level, including painting skills, is being valued and improved. In terms of reference, we no longer blindly follow; the issue of national characteristics in Chinese oil painting has attracted more attention and exploration.