中国画从元朝以后,画家多过于尊重师承,以临摹为能事,不思创新,终于造成了明清衰微的局面。辛亥革命后,由于西方绘画的大量引入,伴随着一次次的革命运动,以及西方文化的冲击,由世纪之交开始兴起了改造中国画的革新运动,岭南画派便是中国二十世纪诞生的最重要的绘画流派之一。其传统根基是从清代画家居巢、居廉继承而来。它以高剑父、高奇峰、陈树人、赵少昂、关山月、黎雄才、杨善深等为代表。岭南画派将传统画法与日本画、西画的一些技法融会贯通,倡导写生,反对复古,熔铸了有别于传统绘画艺术风格 Chinese painting from the Yuan Dynasty later, the painter is too much respect for Shijie, copying for the ability to do something, do not think innovation, and finally caused the decline of the Ming and Qing dynasties. After the Revolution of 1911, due to the massive introduction of western painting, with the successive revolutionary movements and the impact of Western culture, the revolutionary movement to transform Chinese painting began to emerge from the turn of the century. The Lingnan School of Painting was the birth of China in the 20th century One of the important painting schools. Its traditional foundation is from the Qing Dynasty artist home nest, Habitat inherited. It is represented by Gao Jianfu, Gao Qi Feng, Chen Shuren, Zhao Shao-ang, Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai and Yang Shan-shan. The Lingnan School fits traditional techniques with some techniques of Japanese and Western painting, advocates sketching, opposes retro, and casts a different style from traditional painting