在晚清藝術史上，趙之謙無疑是最為重要的藝術家之壹。在繪畫上，他是“海上畫派”的先驅人物，其以書、印入畫所開創的“金石畫風”，對近代寫意花卉的發展產生了巨大的影響；在書法上，他是清代碑學理論的最有力實踐者，其魏碑體書風的形成

        Zhao zhiqian was undoubtedly one of the most important artists in the art history of late qing dynasty. In painting, he was a pioneer of "painting on the sea", which had a great influence on the development of modern freehand flowers. In calligraphy, he is the most powerful practitioner of the theory of inscriptions in qing dynasty.