中国现代艺术发展的历史是很曲折的。传统绘画到清末已经明显露出衰败的迹象;“四王”之后,山水程式化、花鸟刻意雕琢、人物画幼稚。除了少数几位艺术家之外,一个占世界人口四分之一的国家的传统艺术到19世纪末20世纪初基本是萎缩的。少数画家越洋留学带回来的西画技巧在中国开始推广,这些人的回国虽然对中国现代艺术有所促进,但是从世界艺术舞台来看, The history of the development of Chinese modern art is very tortuous. Traditional painting to the late Qing Dynasty has clearly revealed the signs of decline; “Four Kings ” after the stylized landscape, flowers and birds deliberately carved, naive figure painting. With the exception of a handful of artists, the traditional art of a country that accounted for one quarter of the world’s population was largely diminished by the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Western painting skills brought back by a handful of painters to study overseas have started to be promoted in China. Although the return of these people to China’s modern art has been promoted, judging from the world art stage,