Chinese painting is the most quintessential part of China's culture and art, with unique ideas, cultural connotations, aesthetic orientation and forms of expression. It shows originality in thinking mode, artistic conception creation, observation mode, morphological evolution, painting means and tool materials. Chinese painting has been a part of world civilization since ancient times. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, meticulous figures, landscapes and flowers and birds reached their peak. The landscape painting in Song Dynasty is hazy, and the landscape is looming, which is full of fun. By the Yuan Dynasty, Chinese painting had made new progress in ink landscape and flower-and-bird painting. The illusion of ink color on rice paper was more meaningful and free and easy than natural landscape. China's ancient paintings rank among the world's artistic treasures with their unique ingenuity and charm, and become an important part of world culture.
Since the 20th century, artists in China have made new progress in ink painting with lyricism and imagery as its purpose, and made an amazing leap in meticulous painting with strictness and massiness as its main theme. Compared with oil painting, Chinese painting is more relaxed and elegant, poetic and imaginative. In the camp of China painters, artists such as Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi, Jiang, Pan Tianshou and Li Keran stand out and attract the attention of the whole world. Ernest Fenoll, an art historian and former curator of the Boston Museum in the United States, once said: "Western painting pays attention to the modeling of physical objects, but this is not the first essence of painting. The existence of wonderful ideas is the central topic of art. Although oriental painting does not have the shadow of oil painting, it can express wonderful ideas through shades; Oriental painting has an outline, which seems unnatural at first glance, but the beauty of lines is not found in oil painting; Western paintings are rich in color, while oriental paintings are few and thin, but rich colors may lead to the retrogression of painting; Oriental paintings are relatively simple, but it is easy to show cohesive spiritual strength. " More and more artists and scholars stand in the "western perspective" and want to uncover the mystery of this ancient oriental painting, which completely combines pen and ink skills and cultural heritage. Chinese painting has attracted more and more international attention.
After the reform and opening up, Chinese painting is not only a national art, but also goes out of the world, constantly expanding its international influence, and is increasingly loved and respected by foreign friends. Major art colleges and universities recruit international students, and people come to China to study Chinese painting in an endless stream. Various international large-scale Chinese painting exhibitions and Chinese painting seminars at all levels have strengthened international exchanges and cooperation. The unique beauty of pen and ink in Chinese painting is borrowed from western painting. In various large-scale exhibitions, many oil paintings draw lessons from the freehand brushwork of Chinese painting and absorb the elements of China's painting. The freehand brushwork and imagery pursued by many oil paintings are influenced by the thinking of traditional Chinese painting. In Chinese painting, the lines are tight and continuous, the hairspring is high and ancient, and the pulse is connected, which is absorbed by western painting. Chinese painting inherits its own fine traditions, absorbs foreign achievements, and combines with the times, increasingly highlighting its important influence and unique position in the international art tide of 2 1 century.
Second, assess the situation and expand its influence.
As a unique culture of the Chinese nation, Chinese painting stands in the world cultural forest, relying on the long-standing cultural heritage and the innovation of Chinese sons and daughters who have inherited excellent traditions for thousands of years and combined with the times. While inheriting the tradition, Chinese painting has absorbed the influence of western painting and is undergoing changes closely related to the times. In the process of change, each theory has its own advantages and directions, and the result will inevitably lead to the diversification of Chinese painting development. However, whether it is "bringing in the west to nourish China" or "inheriting the tradition" or both, we must inherit and develop Chinese painting, consolidate its international status as an oriental painting, and make it not only the essence of Chinese painting, but also exert greater international influence as a treasure of world culture. How to further improve the international influence of Chinese painting, the author has done some thinking.
(A) identify the advantages and disadvantages of inheriting the tradition
First, make clear the pros and cons. Chinese painting, as a branch of China culture, should be inherited, but the inheritance must be selective. All the inheritance without choice will only accelerate the demise of Chinese painting. Therefore, we should identify the merits and demerits of artistic works and the level of statutes, select the best from the rough, inherit the excellent cultural traditions, and boldly discard the cultural dross that should not be inherited.
Second, inherit the traditional brush and ink techniques of Chinese painting. One of the reasons why masters can become masters and occupy a place in the history of Chinese painting is that they have profound brush and ink skills. To learn from the masters, we must first learn their classic works and their pen and ink techniques. Copying ancient paintings is an important way to learn the master's pen and ink techniques.
Third, inherit the excellent art theory of predecessors. Ancient literati took poetry and books as the basis of education, and began to recite poems and learn Chinese characters from the enlightenment era. After decades of cultivation, they naturally become versatile and versatile, so there are countless versatile people. Modern people can criticize the short of literati painting, but they can never deny the long of literati painting, that is, they can't deny the cultural spirit contained in literati painting. Reading is an effective way to understand traditional culture. Pan Tianshou said: "If you don't study and understand China culture, you won't know what is the tradition of Chinese painting."
Fourth, strengthen the education of cultural traditions. In order to make Chinese painting in an invincible position in the international art forest, it is necessary to strengthen the inheritance of Chinese painting tradition, and strengthening cultural tradition education is an effective means to inherit tradition. At present, the cultural and traditional education in domestic schools is the undertaker of inheriting the tradition, especially the art education in colleges and universities undertakes the function of inheriting the excellent tradition of Chinese painting. In this situation, we should pay more attention to the teaching of Chinese painting in colleges and universities, strengthen the teaching reform of Chinese painting and improve the level of art education in colleges and universities. Take various forms of Chinese painting education throughout the country, enrich Chinese painting education in primary and secondary schools and Chinese studies education and teaching of social forces, and carry out all-round Chinese painting inheritance education for the whole people.
(2) Strengthen exchanges and enhance cooperation.
When General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Hu Jintao deployed cultural development in the report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he said: "Strengthen cultural exchanges with foreign countries, absorb outstanding achievements of civilizations of various countries, and enhance the international influence of Chinese culture." Therefore, in order to improve the international influence of Chinese painting, Chinese painting must go to the world, strengthen foreign exchanges, and absorb the outstanding achievements of various civilizations in time in order to obtain the creation of Chinese painting.
First, explore the international market. We can use the market to expand the space of Chinese painting in the international painting market and expand the international influence of Chinese painting. The painting market is a special link connecting painting exchanges among countries. Although the market value of painting works can't give a completely accurate positioning to a work of art, it can give a corresponding evaluation to its academic value from one side. Apart from special factors such as politics and culture, the market is a powerful lever to incite Chinese painting to internationalization. With the improvement of economic life and the prosperity of cultural life, it also puts forward higher requirements for the art market. At present, the market of Chinese painting has been relatively optimistic, and the price of Chinese painting has also shown an upward trend in recent years. This shows that Chinese painting is becoming more and more popular all over the world. After entering the 2 1 century, the foreign exchange of China art circles is in full swing, and various forms of international cooperation art exhibitions and seminars are held many times every year, which provides a media and exhibition platform for Chinese painting to go abroad. International exchange can not only enable China people to learn advanced foreign artistic concepts, but also enable international people to have a deeper understanding of China's unique art-Chinese painting. The overseas creative team of Chinese painting is increasing day by day, which greatly strengthens the international influence of Chinese painting. International art seminars are also thriving, forming a global village phenomenon in the art world. Artists are more and more bold in innovation and more open in communication. Faced with such a good situation, how to absorb foreign achievements for our use while inheriting and maintaining the tradition is exactly what China painters and theorists are thinking.
(C) to maintain its true colors and improve its quality
Only the national is the world. The international influence of Chinese painting is not manifested in being assimilated by international art, nor in changing its own characteristics and blending with international art. Only by maintaining its own national characteristics and unique charm can Chinese painting become a world art and exert its irreplaceable international influence. Therefore, maintaining nationality and reflecting the times are the constant conditions for the development and internationalization of Chinese painting.
Chinese painting must maintain its own characteristics and cannot be assimilated by other arts. Its characteristics are formed by history. If we cancel its characteristics, we will cut off its tradition. On the contrary, cutting off its inheritance from tradition is tantamount to canceling its characteristics. Of course, the development and creation of Chinese painting can not stop at imitating the ancients, but its development and creation can not be carried out out out of thin air, let alone "anti-tradition." We can clearly see that those who regard tradition as "zero" have other designs, that is, they are all transplanted from the west, and they all want to replace China's art with western art consciously or unconsciously ... Western culture, especially American culture, is the mainstream of contemporary world culture. In this situation, Chinese painting must maintain its own characteristics. We advocate China's opening to the world, support the exchange and integration of national arts, and welcome the historic transformation from a unitary world to a pluralistic pattern. However, we must protect the status of national arts and traditional arts so that they will not be assimilated and submerged. This thought embodies the philosophical thought of "harmony but difference" in China culture. This should not only be an academic proposition, but also the starting point for national behavior and school behavior to protect national art.
For China painters, they should constantly improve their artistic quality and theoretical accomplishment, improve their ability to observe and feel life, improve their ability to analyze and appreciate famous Chinese and foreign paintings, improve their ability to control the overall effect of the picture and grasp the profound connotation of their works, and strive to improve the quality of Chinese paintings with a quiet and natural attitude. The quality of the work cannot be overemphasized. Only by improving the quality of Chinese paintings can they be in an invincible position in history and internationally. Cultural circles should vigorously publicize those artists who have good artistic potential, are conscientious, willing to be lonely and work hard, and encourage them to sprint to higher goals. Show the best, kind, hardworking and intelligent side of China people to the world with higher-level and higher-level Chinese paintings.
Three. Conclusion the future
Nowadays, under the background of economic globalization and the coexistence of world cultures, overcoming difficulties and inheriting the excellent tradition of Chinese painting are the basis for improving the international influence of Chinese painting. Strengthening foreign exchange and cooperation is an effective way for Chinese painting to go global. We should recognize the diversified trend of international cultural development, strive to improve the quality of works, strengthen the in-depth study of traditional culture, and gradually make China culture recognized, accepted and needed by the world, so as to enhance the international influence of Chinese painting. Studying the international influence of Chinese painting is not only the need to improve the aesthetic quality of the whole people, but also the need to respond to the party's call, vigorously advocate cultural construction and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and it is also the need to let the world know about China's culture and art.