On Scholar-official Painting since the 20th Century
"Scholar-official painting"is formed with the participation of scholars in the painting practice,embodying a composite style which combines the aesthetic concepts and common spiritual characteristics of scholars.This paper aims to show the fact that prior to the 21st century,the academic research on this concept is somewhat ambiguous.Further,there is a confusion between the descriptions of"scholar-official painting"and"literati painting".This paper delineated the study of scholar-official painting since the 20th century into three distinct phases:the eve of the breakthrough in scholar-official painting research(1959 to 1999);the breakthrough in scholar-official painting research(2000 to 2011);and the period of deepening in scholar-official painting research(2012 to the present).
study of scholar-official paintingscholar-official paintingliterati painting