水彩画是在近代中西文化的交流中进入中国的。在20世纪之前,无论外销水彩画在南部沿海城市的兴起,包括水彩画在内的西画多以宗教文化的形态用以传播教义,又或以工艺品、贸易绘画的方式实现其商品价值;水彩画在中国的传播仅限于某一地区或空间范围,没有形成全国性的规模与气候;国人对水彩画的认识和实践往往出于对西画观念的猎奇心理,而主流文化对水彩画尚没有形成主动的意识和重视的态度,一直到今天,水彩画仍未获得社会的广泛理解、认可和接受。 Watercolor painting entered China in the exchange of Chinese and Western cultures in modern times. Before the 20th century, regardless of the rise of export watercolor paintings in the southern coastal cities, Western paintings, including watercolor paintings, mostly used the religious and cultural forms to spread the teachings or to realize the value of their wares in the form of handicrafts and trade paintings. The watercolor paintings in China Communication is limited to a certain area or space, and there is no nationwide scale and climate. People’s understanding and practice of watercolor are often out of curiosity about the concept of western painting, while the mainstream culture has not yet formed an active awareness and emphasis on watercolor painting Attitude, until today, watercolor has not yet been widely understood by the community, recognized and accepted.