Author(s)

Shengjie Zhao

Corresponding Author

Shengjie Zhao

Abstract

In the 20th-century Chinese modern art movement, the Neo-Chinese Painting movement, as an important practice of integrating Chinese and Western art, originated from the impact of Western culture and the need for Chinese art modernization. Influenced by the semi-colonial and semi-feudal social pattern after the Opium War and the "democracy and science" thought of the New Culture Movement, traditional Chinese painting is facing a realistic transformation. Based on the historical and social background of the Neo-Chinese Painting movement, this paper compares the differences between the core techniques of traditional Chinese painting and Western painting. It combines the typical cases in the field of portrait painting and landscape painting, analyzes the specific path of integrating Chinese and Western art, and discusses the breakthroughs and characteristics of technical innovation.

Keywords

Neo-Chinese Painting; Chinese-Western Art Integration; 20th Century Chinese Art; Traditional Chinese Painting; Western Painting Techniques; Portrait Painting; Landscape Painting; Art Education; Cultural Modernization