Universal History Annotation << Back THE REAL AND POETIC WORLD OF WU GUANZHONG 1919–2010 – JIANGNAN UNPOPULATED CORNER Ding Tingting This article discusses about the reasons for the change and formation of Wu Guanzhong’s art style. In a complex political and cultural context, how did he combine Western Modernism and Chinese traditional culture in his works and form his own style? He drew his artistic inspiration from folk creations with cultural objects such as dwellings and landscaped gardens. Keywords: Chinese modernism of the twentieth century, Jiangnan culture, syncretism, semi-abstraction, aesthetic sedimentation. DOI: 10.25791/vseist.02.2021.1131 Pp. 31-34.