英国人和他们的欧洲大陆邻居不大一样,有着很强的民族个性:既天性保守,又极富想象力和创造力;既重视自己的文化传统,又关注着国际潮流,并总是不甘人后,以其特有的开拓精神在世界舞台上成功地扮演一个独立的角色。 19世纪末、20世纪初,正当欧洲大陆开始踏入现代艺术世界,英国人却仍我行我素,对那场艺术上的重大变革差不多根本没有注意,皇家美术院的权威们依然统治着当时的画坛。一些青年画家不 British and their European neighbors are not the same, has a strong national personality: both natural conservative, but also very imaginative and creative; not only attach importance to their own cultural traditions, but also concerned about the international trend and always unwilling After its unique pioneering spirit in the world arena successfully played an independent role. At the end of the 19th and the early 20th century, just as the European continent began to step into the modern art world, the British still went its own way and barely paid any attention to the major changes in the arts. The authority of the Royal Academy of Art still ruled the painting circles of that time. Some young painters do not