2. On Xu Beihong's art education thought and his contribution to the history of modern art in China.

The Realistic Artistic Style of "Combination of Chinese and Western"

Xu Beihong believes that the weakness of Chinese painting mainly lies in the decline of figure painting. Therefore, in order to revitalize China's fine arts, we must advocate realistic aesthetic thoughts and start with systematic and rigorous sketches to vividly reflect social life. As early as before 19 19 went abroad to study, Xu Beihong published an influential theory on the improvement of Chinese painting, and proposed that "the decline of Chinese painting has been extremely huge." ..... Those who are good at ancient laws are preserved, and those who are not good at them are changed, and those who are insufficient are added, and those who can adopt western paintings are integrated. "

On the basis of inheriting traditional painting, Xu Beihong was the first to integrate the techniques of European classical realism into Chinese painting creation and created a new Chinese painting with a sense of the times. From his works, we can not only appreciate the beauty of line modeling and pen and ink in China's traditional paintings, but also observe the decent modeling and light and shadow of local objects.

Therefore, Xu Beihong is one of the few masters in China's modern painting who can fully grasp the painting techniques of the East and the West.