DOI: 10.7256/2454-0757.2023.9.43947

Abstract: This article mainly outlines and explores the art exhibitions held between China and the Soviet Union during the founding of the People's Republic of China. The author examines in detail such aspects of the topic as mutual exchanges of art exhibitions between China and the Soviet Union since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Particular attention is paid to the political background against which the evolution in Chinese art took place, as well as the legacy of Soviet realist art in China in the political context and the interaction of art with politics and state-building. The author emphasizes the positive influence of art exhibitions held by the Soviet Union in China on Chinese art education and the creativity of artists. The main conclusions of this study are that the various exhibitions of Soviet art held in China provided an effective opportunity for Chinese artists to study Soviet realist oil paintings. The emergence of Soviet realism in China also served as an important reference point for the development of Chinese oil painting in the 1950s. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that the author not only analyzed the process of the acceptance and dissemination of Soviet realist art in China, but also examined the beginning and end of artistic exchange between China and the Soviet Union in conjunction with the country's social environment and the political leadership of its leaders.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2023.7.43570

Abstract: The realist ideas and revolutionary concepts characteristic of Russian oil painting were of special significance for the development of art in China in the 20th century. In particular, in the 1950s, the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party praised and promoted Russian and Soviet painting at the state level, which greatly contributed to the formation of the idea of realist painting and the scientific system of teaching oil painting in Chinese society. This paper examines the core values of socialism embodied in Russian oil painting and their derivatives; traces the development of oil painting in China; records the significant role of socialist features in the development of oil painting from different perspectives; and explains the influence of the Soviet art education system on the development of oil painting in China. This paper comprehensively examines the positive impact of Soviet painting on the development of Chinese art education, which contributed to the development of modern Chinese art in terms of artistic creativity, artistic organization and the construction of a system of art education.