The cultural connotations of hand-painted oil paintings are rich and diverse, reflected in the exploration and presentation of multiple aspects such as cultural inheritance, emotional expression, aesthetic cognition, spiritual pursuit, and cultural integration.
The inheritance and promotion of traditional culture
Although hand-painted oil paintings originated in Europe, when they developed in different cultural contexts, they would draw on the spiritual connotations of local traditional cultures. For instance, in China, oil painters, through the study of traditional Chinese cultural elements, draw creative sources and inspirations from the essence of traditional culture such as social development ideas, moral concepts, philosophical implications, life philosophies, Tang and Song poetry, and freehand landscape paintings, promoting the innovation of oil painting art creation and presenting an artistic style with traditional flavor. It is conducive to the inheritance and innovation of traditional culture.
A carrier for expressing emotions and spirits
Self-expression: Oil painting art is free and serves as a medium for expressing the inner world. Its core lies in unique creativity and the ability to express emotions. The painter expresses his unique understanding, perception and emotional investment in the world through oil painting, presenting his inner world in a visual form.
Spiritual pursuit: Painting oil paintings is a dynamic self-construction of thinking and an endless exploration by the artist during the painting process. Oil painting artworks are witnesses to the existence of human life, a warm home where the soul resides in life, representing the height of one’s aesthetic cognition in life, and also a manifestation of a person’s cultural ability and artistic accomplishment.
The embodiment of aesthetic cognition
Aesthetic concept: The expression of oil painting art lies in cognition, and the distinction of artistic achievements lies in the depth of emotional expression and the height of cognitive level. Painters express their perception and understanding of beauty through oil paintings. Different painters have different aesthetic concepts, which are reflected in aspects such as the use of colors, composition methods, and expression techniques in their works.
Aesthetic education: Oil painting art can enhance people’s aesthetic ability and evoke a resonance of artistic inspiration in the viewers. When viewers appreciate oil paintings, they can sense the aesthetic concepts conveyed by the painters, thereby enriching their own aesthetic experiences.
A reflection of social culture
Family culture: In the oil paintings featuring three figures, some depict men, women and children, which reflects family culture. As a fundamental component and element of society, the family is one of the subjects that many artists often focus on depicting.
Stable culture: In oil paintings of three figures, the composition is usually arranged in a triangular pattern. This is because triangles symbolize stability and give people a sense of stability, which reflects the pursuit of stability in social culture.
Multidimensional culture: Some oil paintings of three figures depict the front, back and side views of the same figure, demonstrating the beauty of oil paintings from different angles and reflecting the social and cultural focus on multi-dimensional perspectives.
A symbol of cultural integration
In the context of globalization, hand-painted oil paintings have become a symbol of cultural exchange and integration among different cultures. Artists incorporate elements and concepts from different cultures into their oil painting creations, creating works with cross-cultural characteristics. This cultural integration not only enriches the artistic expressiveness of oil paintings, but also promotes mutual understanding and respect among different cultures.