Since the Republic era,
the great painting schools of Dongxia have been continuously influenced by global artistic trends, and it is rare to find someone who is completely ignorant of oil painting.
On the contrary,
the spirit of art is open,
and being complacent will only lead to being abandoned by the times.
Many renowned painters, such as Huang Jian Nan, who won the Silver Award at the Louvre in France and whose works are part of the Louvre's collection, and others like Wu Guanzhong, all belong to the type of artists skilled in both Chinese painting and oil painting, excelling in each.
Elder Cao himself doesn't often paint in oil.
But that doesn't mean he doesn't understand oil painting.
The early disciples of Elder Cao, including his eldest disciple who died young, Professor Lin Tao, and the third disciple Wei Yunxian, are all artists who have made significant contributions in the field of oil painting.
