19世纪末,在维新变法的震荡下,清政府首次派遣“学童”30名赴美国留学,(黄宗贤《中国美术史纲》)由此拉开了油画艺术在中国较大规模发展的帷幕。众所周知,19世纪西方艺坛正发生着翻天覆地的变化,达达主义、野兽派、立体派、超现实主义等现代艺术流派的兴盛使得传统油画艺术的审美取向和评价标准逐渐远离古典时期的规范。新的油画评价标准逐渐确立,而注重对现实生活的揭露和表现。 In the late 19th century, under the turmoil of reform and opening up, the Qing government first sent 30 “schoolchildren” to study in the United States, thereby launching the curtain of the larger-scale development of oil painting in China. As is known to all, the Western art circles are undergoing earth-shaking changes in the 19th century. The rise of modern art schools such as Dadaism, Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism makes the aesthetic orientation and evaluation criteria of traditional oil painting gradually fade away from the norms of the classical period. The new oil painting evaluation standards gradually established, but pay attention to the exposure and performance of real life.