Centennial Development of Chinese Oil Painting

THE 20th Century Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition was held in the Chinese Art Gallery in July 2000. This big event features 400 works by 270 Chinese painters. The exhibition provides a good opportunity to study and explore the historical development of oil painting in China in the last century. Oil painting came to China about 100 years ago and has experienced several stages of development. Fine art historians hold different views on how these stages should be divided. In my opinion, ther…