DEVELOPMENT OF REALISTIC OIL PAINTING IN CHINA IN 20TH CENTURY

The article analyzes the new period in the methods of teaching of the fine arts in China Central Academy of Fine Arts, which has intensified in the mid-twentieth century. During this period, numerous representatives of artistic figures come from the Soviet Union and the socialist countries of Eastern Europe to China. Invited to China Soviet masters establish courses, creating conditions for the systematic development of the realistic method of painting. Particular attention is paid to the Soviet artist K. Maximov's educational activities; he possessed a logical and effective method of oil painting education, and he has made a significant contribution to the development of Chinese artists systemic approach to creating realistic works of art. Consistent process of penetration of realism in Chinese art is also considered in the context of educational activities of such significant artists of this school as Xu Beihong, Wu Zuoren and others. Analysis of K. M. Maximov's students works presented at the exhibition of graduates of his course, allows to come to a conclusion about a special historical significance of pedagogical work of the artist in China. The author of the article concludes that through hard work and diligence of Maximov's students became possible such quick response of the Academy of Arts on a necessity of education of a new type of creative figures of China with the beginning of the 80s of the 20th century dictated by the reform and open policy.