What is the artistic innovation trend of Chinese painting?

The innovative trend of Chinese painting appears in the book "A Brief History of Chinese Art" published by Central Academy of Fine Arts, which is relatively comprehensive and can be used for your reference.

The innovation of Chinese painting is an important part of the development history of modern Chinese art.

Different intellectuals hold different opinions on this issue.

For example, Kang Youwei advocated "renovation through retrospection" in his "Preface to the Catalog of Paintings from the Collection of Wanmu Thatched Cottage", advocated the restoration of the realistic tradition of Chinese painting, and hoped to "combine China and the West for a new era of painting".

In his article "The Value of Literati Painting", Chen Shizeng proposed four elements of literati painting and advocated that the innovation of Chinese painting should be based on inheriting and developing the tradition of Chinese painting.

Chen Duxiu, a representative of the New Culture Movement, put forward his views in the article "Art Revolution", stating that he wanted to "revolutionize the destiny of Wang's paintings" and clearly proposed using realism to change the face of painting.

Starting from the "Four Kings" of literati paintings, Cai Yuanpei proposed the perspective of "replacing religion with aesthetic education" in "Replacing Religion with Aesthetic Education", hoping to innovate the perspective of Chinese art education.