A Hundred-Year History of the Nationalization of Chinese Oil Painting

Abstract

Chinese oil painting creation in the true sense began in the early days of last century, from the end of the 19th century to the 1920s and 1930s, and the oil painting creation in this period laid foundation for the later development of Chinese oil painting, which made pioneering contribution; From the 1930s to the late 1970s was the second creation period of Chinese oil painting, when the oil painting creation and society and realpolitik were combined together, resulting in the art of oil painting entering common people’s life and accepted by the general public; The oil painting creation since the new period is the third stage, when the nationalization of Chinese oil painting has been recognized by the world and become a component of the worldwide oil painting creation.