谈清宫皇帝后妃油画半身像

油画对于中国来说是一个外来的画种,经过美术史家多年的努力,它东传的时间和途径已然大致明确。但研究中还是有很多缺环。近些年来对清朝宫廷绘画实物及相关资料的发现,为欧洲油画东传的过程提供了更多的信息。本文通过对流传至今的清宫油画作品进行梳理,提出一些想法,或可补充关于"西画东渐"的叙述。

A Discussion of Qing Dynasty Half-Length Portraits of Emperors,Empresses and Concubines

Oil painting was introduced to China from abroad and the major outlines of when and how it was introduced have been clarified by the efforts of art historians working over many years.But there are many gaps in the research.With the study in recent years of actual court paintings and the unearthing of documents,much more is now known about the eastward transmission of European painting.The author has examined all oil paintings by court artists of the Qing Dynasty and presents a number of insights that enable us to fill in gaps in the story of the introduction of Western painting to China.