On Feb. 15, the opening ceremony of “Chinese Connotation—The Tour Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Oil Paintings and Retrospect of Chinese Oil Paintings for One Hundred Years” and the boot ceremony of the large-scale TV documentary “CNOP 100,” hosted by CCTV, Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio and the Chinese National Academy of Paintings, were held at the Guangdong Art Museum.

Guangdong was the first stop of the tour, which will continue across Wuhan, Shanghai, Jinan, Paris and New York. In late May, it will come to Shandong Art Museum.

“CNOP 100” is the first chronological television documentary to reflect the historical development of Chinese oil painting. It is divided into four historical phases, from the beginning of last century to now, totaling 10 episodes. The show centrally records the main events, important decisions and representative works of Chinese oil painting over the time span of 100 years and comprehensively reflects the historical development of Chinese oil painting. This exhibition demonstrates the integration of western oil paintings with Chinese culture and the process of how Western oil painting developed into an art with Chinese national style.

It also reveals the developing results of Chinese oil painting, and even general Chinese painting, to more visitors.