多年以来,乡土人物题材成为中国油画的主要创作元素,其深沉的文化内涵和温馨的家园意识凝聚了中国油画诸多的博爱思想和情感依附,并构成唯一一个以题材冠名的油画类别—乡土主义油画。在当代油画创作中,乡土人物题材已经成为不同油画风格的表现主题,诸多画家采用不同的创作观念、表现技法和绘画语言,从自我的艺术个性出发践履着这一题材在中国油画中的多元风格构成。本质上说,题材并不属于油画的本体范畴,但是从题材入手来研究中国油画的文化内涵与审美特征,对于当代油画而言将是一个新的研究路径。
For many years, the rural figure material has been becoming the main creative element in China oil-painting, whose cultural intension and homeland consciousness contained many universal love and emotional attachment. At the same time, this creative element has composed the only one oil-painting category:the ruralism oil-painting. Today, the rural figure material has already turned into themes for different styles, many painters take different conceptions, technical and drawing languages to express these themes in different styles, so, studying this material will be a new path to China modern oil-painting.