In the 20th century, why did western painters give up the traditional realistic painting method that has existed for hundreds of years?

Because of the development of society, various painting forms emerge one after another, and the traditional realistic painting methods can no longer meet people's pursuit of art, so western painters have to give up the traditional realistic painting methods that have existed for hundreds of years.

Realistic painting originated in the west and has a long history and profound tradition. Realistic painting developed during the Renaissance in Europe. After 500 years of glory, it has produced many masters, masters and immortal masterpieces in the history of art.

Before the 20th century, the whole history of western art was the history of realistic painting, which people never doubted. There has been such a thing: the appearance of "camera" and "photography" once made people doubt the role of realistic painting. In fact, photography can not replace painting, and external challenges will force art itself to be more artistic, which is determined by its self-discipline.

In the 20th century, western fine arts broke the unification of classical realism tradition, especially the birth of modern artistic concepts, which greatly broadened the artistic territory, made the art world colorful, and began to move towards a pluralistic new world. As one of the painting forms, realistic painting still occupies a place, and there are also many excellent artists and works.

Since the 20th century, modern art has presented many schools. 1905 Fauvism painting, represented by Matisse, emphasizes the simplicity and plainness of form and pursues the decoration of the picture.

1908 cubist painting, represented by Braque and Picasso, inherited Cezanne's law and decomposed natural objects into geometric blocks, which fundamentally broke away from the visual laws and spatial concepts of traditional painting.

With the establishment of 1905 German Bridge Society and 1909 German blue rider Society, expressionism, as an important school, entered the painting world, focusing on expressing the painter's subjective spirit and inner feelings. 1909, there was a futuristic art movement in Italy. This school of painters was keen on using cubism to decompose objects to express moving objects and feelings.

The works of abstract art were produced around 19 10, and their representative painters were Russian painter Kandinsky and Dutch painter mondriaan, who represented lyric abstraction and geometric abstraction respectively.

To sum up, in the 20th century, various modern aesthetic arts were born again and again, which led western painters to give up the realistic painting method that lasted for hundreds of years.