On The Art Of Ren Bonian's Figure Painting

After the Opium War,suffering aggression from imperialism, China became a semi-colonial,semi-feudal country, which resulted in various changes in politics , economy and culture. At that time, a large number of painters began to fight against the droup of "back to the ancients and conservatives who stick to conventions.These painters admired the art of Chenchun, Xuwei, Chen Hongshou, Badashanren, Shitao and Yangzhoubaguai, so a kind of tendency,that is,an active and brave innovation came into being,which contributed in one modern Chinese school-Shanghai painting school.Ren Bonian is the outstanding representative figure.His painting are famous for extensive themes and various styles,especially in figure paintings he broke through traditional stiff postures and pattems,innovated bravely and made remarkable artistic achievements. Ren Bonian'painting study the painting style of Renxiong, Renxu and Chen Hongshou, Huayan and so on. At that time,he mixed his paintings with folk painting and explored the style and technique. All of this help him create a new situation in modern painting art. Ren Bonian's artistic achievements exert a far-reaching influence.The author explores the source of Ren Bonian's figure painting and analyzes the artistic feature and style of his figure painting and its profound and lasting effect on painting field. Among these, the analyzation of the artistic characteristics of Ren Bonian's figure painting is the core of this thesis.