The Influence of Western Learning Spreading to the East on Figure Painting in Qing Dynasty

Abstract

Since the 20th century, the cultural phenomenon of the spread and exchange of Western painting in China has gradually attracted the attention of Chinese and foreign scholars from different perspectives of cultural history and art history. The most typical abridged word “the eastward spread of Western painting” represents the cultural phenomenon at that time. The eastward spread of Western painting can be divided into two stages: first, the eastward spread of Western painting in Ming and Qing Dynasties, mainly represented by missionaries; Second, Western painting spread eastward in the 20th century, mainly represented by foreign students. Among them, the spread of Western painting to the East in the 20th century is the focus of scholars, while the development of Western painting and portrait painting in Qing Dynasty was ignored by the public. The former is a local technology participation, the latter is a large-scale cultural transplantation, and gradually into the local mainstream culture.