In the first half of the 20th century， fine arts became prosperous in China though the Chinese society was experiencing upheavals then. With frequent communications with foreign countries， more and more Chinese artists got to know Western arts， realizing France on the ancient European continent was the world center of art. Therefore， visiting and studying in France became a dream of Chinese oil painters in those days.

20世紀(jì)上半葉的中國社會，陷在混亂、動蕩的泥淖中；20世紀(jì)上半葉的中國美術(shù)，卻繁榮昌盛、百花齊放。伴隨著國家間頻繁的交流，越來越多的中國藝術(shù)家開始接觸西洋美術(shù)，開始知道在古老的歐洲大陸，有一個國家名叫“法國”，她，是世界藝術(shù)的中心。到法國去，成了一代中國油畫家最夢寐以求的事。