林风眠作为“中西融合”这一艺术理想的倡导者、开拓者和最重要的代表人物,不仅是位杰出的艺术教育家,还是现代画坛的一代宗师。他探索创作的仕女画成为中国艺术独特的阴柔之美的形象符号。从女性主义视野探寻林风眠的仕女画具有独特的批评价值。其笔下的仕女形象一方面含有普遍男性对女性的窥视欲望和审美需求,另一方面也折射出中国女性在长期以儒家思想为核心的男权社会中成为伦理教化工具的悲惨命运。女性在旧社会的压迫下强烈要求自我人格 Lin Fengmian, as an advocate, pioneer and most important representative of the ideal of “Chinese-Western fusion”, is not only an outstanding art educator, but also a master of the modern art scene. He explores the creation of the ladies’ paintings as the unique symbol of the feminine beauty of Chinese art. Exploring Lin Fengmian’s ladies’ paintings from the perspective of feminism has unique criticism value. On the one hand, the ladylike images contain the peeking desires and aesthetic demands of the common men on the one hand and the tragic destinies of Chinese women on the other hand, which are the tools of ethical education in the patriarchal society with Confucianism as the core. Women strongly demand self-personality under the oppression of the old society