“合中西为新纪元”:康有为绘画观念所受外来之影响——以康有为欧洲游记为中心的考察

“Combininging China and the West into a New Era”:KangYouwei’s Painting Concepts Influenced by the West——An investigation centered on Kang Youwei’s tours in europe

自维新以来,康有为就开始注意绘画和社会变革之间的关系,关注绘画的实用价值。直到戊戌变法失败后作欧洲十一国之游,康有为直观感受到西方绘画和中国绘画的差异,在游记中提出要师法西画写实风格的观点。这一经验也贯穿康有为后期的绘画思想,提出以写实作为手段来改良中国画,从而“合中西为新纪元”。

Since the Restoration,the Chinese Scholar Kang Youwei has begun to pay attention to the relationship between painting and social change,and to the practical value of painting.After the failure of the reformist experiment known as the“Hundred Days Reform”,Mr.Kang embarked on a tour of eleven countries in Europe,during which he intuitively felt the difference between Western painting and Chinese painting,and he mentioned in his travel notes that the realistic style of western painting should be learned.This experience also ran through Kang’s later painting thought,and he proposed to use realism as an approach to improve Chinese painting,thus“combining China and the West into a new era”.With his patriotism,Kang Youwei tried to introduce Western painting styles and techniques to transform traditional Chinese painting,attempting to enhance the modernization of science,technology and craftsmanship through painting.