The Image of Heilongjiang Province in Contemporary Landscape Painting

Abstract

This article is devoted to one aspect of the study of the regional specificity of art in Northeast China and focuses on the geographical, climatic and ethnic peculiarities, as well as the peculiarities of the historical development of Heilongjiang Province and their influence on the artistic features of oil landscape painting in this region. Historical factors such as the activities of the Russian emigration in Harbin in the 1920s and the intensive cultural exchange between Russia and China in the middle of the 20th century are highlighted; the leading geographical factors are the long spaces and harsh climate; from the ethnic point of view the region is very diverse and at the same time tends to unite and reveal the common character traits of the inhabitants of the region, which formed the regional type: simple, honest, courageously facing the harsh natural conditions of man. All these features are reflected both in the choice of subjects and in the choice of artistic means: compositions with extended perspective, sharp color contrasts, large brushstrokes.