Expressionism Painting And Its Development In China

Neo-expressionism painting, an important cultural phenomenon of China in the late 20th century, is characterized by cultural transformation, cultural mergence of China and western countries, market-oriented art, post-modernism, post-colonialism, etc. Neo-expressionism, which is focusing on the nature and value of human beings, attaching great importance to the spiritual belief and dignity of mankind, laying particular stress on the cultural criticism and rational transcendence towards reality, paying special attention to the emotivity of art as well as putting great emphasis on the expression and aesthetics of art, plays a positive role in constructing artistic noumenon. With regard to Neo-expressionism painting of China, on the one hand there exists many complications and factors which prevent it from advancing, on the other hand great achievements have been achieved while some shortcomings have been revealed. What inspiration can we gain from these achievements and shortcomings? This paper, taking into full account these issues, delves further into the Neo-expressionism painting of China.This paper contains five chapters. Chapter 1 discusses Neo-expressionism painting of western countries as well as its influences on Chinese Neo-expressionism painting. Chapter 2 describes the advantages and disadvantages which produce a great impact on Neo-expressionism painting of China. Chapter 3 focuses on the theoretical foundations of Chinese Neo-expressionism painting. Chapter 4, based on the artistic notion and art form of some representative painters, summarizes the artistic characteristics of Chinese Neo-expressionism painting. Chapter 5 expounds the contributions and limitations of Neo-expressionism painting, a new artistic phenomenon, with a view to giving full play to its advantages, overcoming its shortcomings as well ad evoking a heated discussion about the solutions to these issues for the purpose of promoting its development.