A: Modern art in China developed under the background of China's transformation from a feudal society to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society. At that time, we were passively impacted by western culture and consciously understood it. Features: 1) The collision between Chinese and Western civilizations has intensified. Innovationism attacks the disadvantages of traditional art and advocates absorbing new ideas to transform traditional art. 2) Young artists with new thoughts went abroad to study western art, and the first batch of oil painters cultivated land appeared. 3) The rise of "new learning", the emergence of new art schools and majors, and the embryonic form of modern art education in China. 4) Under the influence of the inflow of western artistic ideas, new painting styles and schools have emerged, which have changed the lifeless situation of domestic painting circles, such as "Shanghai School". 5) Art publications have made unprecedented development. 6) Although the development of sculpture, architecture and technology is slow, some new features have emerged. Folk art keeps its vitality. Representative figures and works of early modern art students. Before the Revolution of 1911, Li Tiefu was the first painter to study in Britain and America. Feng, an oil painting portrait musician and brunette painter, was the first to study in Japan. Becoming a monk after returning home. Master Hongyi has made great achievements in calligraphy. Li is one of the first students to study in Britain. He is good at figure painting, story painting and portrait painting. After the Revolution of 1911, Li Chaoshi and Feng Wu gradually drifted away, along with Lin Fengmian, Xu Beihong and Pan.