中国现代艺术发展的历史是很曲折的,传统绘画到清末已经明显露出衰败的迹象,“四王”之后,山水程式化、花鸟刻意雕琢,人物幼稚,都是显而易见的。除了少数几个特别的艺术家之外,一个占世界人口四分之一的国家的传统艺术到19世纪末叶和20世纪初叶基本是萎缩的。20世纪初期,少数画家出洋留学,他们回国带回来的西画技巧,油画、水彩、素描、现代版画在中国开始推广,这些人的回国虽然对中国现代艺术有所促进,但是从世界艺 The history of the development of Chinese modern art is very twists and turns. The traditional painting has shown signs of decay to the late Qing dynasty. After the “Four Kings”, the stylization of mountains and rivers, the deliberate carving of flowers and birds and the naive character are all obvious. With the exception of a few special artists, the traditional art of a country that accounted for one quarter of the world’s population was largely diminished by the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the early 20th century, a few artists went abroad to study abroad. The western painting techniques, oil paintings, watercolor paintings, sketches and modern prints that they brought back to China began to be promoted in China. Although their return to China was promoted to Chinese modern art,