"Shanghai School" Factors In Chongqing Flower-bird Painting

The Shanghai School Painting, which came into being in the late Qing Dynasty, has influenced the painting field across China because of its appeal-to-all artistic charm. Its influence on the Flower-bird paining in Chongqing has been lasted until present. According to the recorded painting history, painting in Chongqing has a long history; however, there were a lot of folk artists but no famous painters from Song to Ming dynasty in record. In Qing Dynasty, there were few barely famous painters, and the rest were just good folk painters. This kind of situation lasted till the War of Resistance Period when Chongqing was selected as the temporary capital. After the National Government moved to Chongqing, this city became the political and cultural center of China. A lot of famous painters, artistic communities and schools moved here, Chongqing suddenly developed into the national center of painting with great artistic prosperity. The painting style of Shanghai School was absorbed and developed in Chongqing. The Chongqing Shanghai School Flower-bird painters became the representatives of Chongqing Flower-bird painting field after the war and had great influence on the development this field.The structure of this paper is therefore as follows: the first part is a brief introduction to the developments of the Shanghai School Painting and the Chongqing Flower-bird painting before the War of Resistance. The second part is the main part of this essay and it analyzes the "Shanghai School" factors which affected the Chongqing Flower-bird paining in the War of Resistance. The third part deals with the "Shanghai School" factors in Chongqing Flower-bird painting after the War. And at last, it is stated by the author that the "Shanghai School" factors is very important in the development of Chongqing Flower-bird painting.The focus of this present paper is to give a chronological view on some parts of the development of local Flower-bird painting and to give an analysis on the changes of "Shanghai School" factors during and after the War Period. The author tries to fill some blanks in the theoretical research on the development of the Chongqing Flower-bird painting and to find out some traditional factors for the education and creation of the local Flower-bird painting.