重彩画兴衰说

On the Ups and Downs of the Heavy Color Painting

重彩画在我国有着悠久的历史和辉煌的成就 ,并以此卓立于世界美术之林。但自元初清末的七百余年间 ,却几度沉沦、日渐衰微。近现代以来 ,始得以复延 ,及至当代 ,更有了长足的发展与质的提升 ,堪称重彩艺术的中兴盛世。然而在中西绘画激烈碰撞并相互融合的艺术潮激流中 ,重彩艺术的可持续发展及价值取向又面临新的抉择与亟待解决的问题 ,这是每一个有志于重彩画的续承与创新的人都要面临的现实。而以史为鉴、鉴古知今 ,今应胜古 ,古能开今的治艺态度与方法。

In China, the hearvy color painting has magnificent achievements with a long history, by which it predominate in the world of fine arts. But over seven hundred years, from the beginning of Yuan Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty, it had sunk into degradation and faded little by little.From the modern times, the heavy color painting had revived. It has developed quickly and promoted in quality at the present age, as the prosperity of the heavy color art. In the world art riptide, paintings from China and Western countries colliding violently and mingling with one another, the lasting development and the value orientation of heavy art are faced with a new choice and problems demanding prompt solutions. This is a fact that everyone who devothed himself to inheriting and recreating the heavy painting must comfort. Learning from history, we understand today better. Today surpasses the ancient while the ancient enlightens today. Such attitudes and manners to devote to art, will reward us with beneficial enlightenment.