Question: Around what time period did western art begin to influence chinese art?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: In general, around what time period did western art begin to influence chinese art?
Around what time period did western art begin to influence chinese art, specifically with respect to oil paintings?
answer: After the end of the last feudal dynasty in China
beginning of the 20th century
Natural Questions answer: the 19th century (from the Wikipedia article "Chinese art")