Central Academy of Fine Arts

The Central Academy of Fine Arts is the only higher art school directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. There are now Chinese Painting College, Oil Painting Department, Printmaking Department, Sculpture Department, Mural Painting Department, Basic Department of Modeling, Experimental Art College, Humanities College, Design College, Architecture College, Urban Design College, Art Management and Education College, (Sino-French) There are 14 professional departments in the School of Art and Design Management and the School of Restoration, and there are also graduate schools, continuing education schools and affiliated secondary art schools. The college recruits technical secondary school students (attached high school), junior college students (adult education), undergraduate students, master students, doctoral students and various advanced students every year. The college currently has 6,425 students of various types, including: 3464 undergraduates, 1161 postgraduates, 213 doctoral students, 215 international students, 917 affiliated high school students, and 455 other students. The teaching and research area of the college covers a total area of 495 mu, with a total construction area of 247,000 square meters.

The college is committed to building a modern art education discipline structure in which discipline groups such as modeling, design, architecture, and humanities support and influence each other, and play a leading role in building an art education system with Chinese characteristics in the new century, with distinctive Chinese characteristics and high standards. His teaching quality and research results have won high praise from the international art education community, becoming a representative, leading and exemplary art academy in the field of higher art education in China, and enjoys an important position among the world's first-class art academies.

History

The predecessor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts is the National Peking College of Art. It can be traced back to the National Beijing Art School initiated by the famous educator Mr. Cai Yuanpei in 1918. The famous art educator Zheng Jin served as the first principal. This was the first national art education institution in Chinese history, and it was also the beginning of modern art education in China.

In November 1949, the National Peking College of Art and the three fine arts departments of North China University merged. The predecessor of the three fine arts departments of North China University was the Fine Arts Department of Yan'an Lu Xun Art College, which was established in 1938. With the approval of the Central People's Government, the National Academy of Fine Arts was established, and Chairman Mao Zedong wrote the name of the academy. Xu Beihong served as the first dean.

In January 1950, it was officially named the Central Academy of Fine Arts with the approval of the Central People's Government Administration Council. On April 1, the inauguration ceremony of the Central Academy of Fine Arts was held at the site of Xiaowei Hutong No. 5 in Wangfujing.