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Central Academy of Fine Arts
China

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Official website: http://www.cafa.edu.cn
Tel：010-64771056,010-64771552
Address：No. 8 Huajiadi South Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
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. It currently has 15 professional schools and departments, including the School of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, the Department of Oil Painting, the Department of Printmaking, the Department of Sculpture, the Department of Mural Painting, the Basic Department of Plastic Arts, the School of Experimental Art and Technology Art, the School of Humanities, the School of Design, the School of Architecture, the School of Urban Design, the School of Art Management and Education, the (Sino-French) School of Art and Design Management, the School of Restoration, and the School of Marxism. It also has a graduate school, a school of continuing education, and an affiliated secondary art school. The college recruits technical secondary school students (attached middle school), junior college students (adult education), undergraduates, master's students, doctoral students, and various types of advanced students every year. The college currently has 7,556 students of various types, including: 4,136 undergraduates, 1,366 master's students, 320 doctoral students, 259 international students, 917 students from the affiliated middle school, and 558 other students. The college's teaching and research area covers a total area of 495 acres, with a total construction area of 247,000 square meters. The college is committed to building a modern art education discipline structure in which modeling, design, architecture, humanities and other disciplines support and influence each other. It plays a leading role in building an art education system with Chinese characteristics in the new century. With its distinctive Chinese characteristics, high-level teaching quality and research results, it has won high praise from the international art education community and has become a representative, leading and exemplary art college in the field of higher art education in China, and enjoys an important position among the world's first-class art colleges. History The predecessor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts was the National Peking Art College, which can be traced back to the National Beijing Art School advocated by the famous educator Mr. Cai Yuanpei in 1918. The famous art educator Zheng Jin served as the first president. This is the first national art education institution in Chinese history and the beginning of modern art education in China. In November 1949, the National Peking Art College and the Fine Arts Department of the Third Department of North China University merged. The predecessor of the Fine Arts Department of the Third Department of North China University was the Fine Arts Department of Yan'an Lu Xun Academy of Arts 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 president. In January 1950, with the approval of the State Council of the Central People's Government, it was officially named the Central Academy of Fine Arts. On April 1, the founding ceremony of the Central Academy of Fine Arts was held at No. 5 Xiaowei Hutong, Wangfujing. In the more than 100 years of operation by successive famous teachers, the Central Academy of Fine Arts has brought together a group of high-end artistic talents represented by masters in the Chinese art world, forming a spectacular elite team of art education. Before the founding of New China, the Central Academy of Fine Arts attracted many famous artists to serve as faculty members in its tortuous history of running the school. Among them were masters of Chinese painting, such as Chen Shizeng, Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Pan Tianshou, Lü Fengzi, Chen Zhifo, Jiang Zhaohe, Ye Qianyu, Fu Xinshe, Wu Jingting, Li Kuchan, Li Keran, Wang Xuetao, etc., as well as art masters and historians who returned from studying abroad, such as Lin Fengmian, Xu Beihong, Wu Fading, Wen Yiduo, Teng Gu, Wu Zuoren, Chang Shuhong, Ai Qing, Pang Xunqin, Wang Linyi, Hua Tianyou, Zhu Guangqian, etc. A group of influential people in the literary and art circles also taught or taught part-time in our school, such as Yu Dafu, Zhou Zuoren, Xie Bingxin, Xiong Fusi, Xiao Youmei, Liu Tianhua, etc., and cultivated a group of influential talents, such as Wang Ziyun, Liu Kaiqu, Tan Zuyao, Xian Xinghai, Lei Guiyuan, Li Jianchen, Wang Manshuo, Fu Tianchou, etc. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Central Academy of Fine Arts was full of talents. A large number of artistic talents with progressive ideas and profound humanistic qualities were formed in our academy. This outstanding team in creation and teaching was a great spectacle in the Chinese art world and Chinese art education world at that time. Our academy became the art academy with the strongest faculty among art academies in the country. In addition to the above-mentioned teachers before the founding of the People's Republic of China, each major has gathered and successively trained a group of artists and art theorists who enjoy a high reputation in the country. For example, Tian Shiguang, Liu Lingcang, Zong Qixiang, Li Hu, Guo Weiqiu, Gao Guanhua, Zhang Ding, Xiao Shufang, Li Qi, Liu Boshu, Lu Chen, Zhou Sicong, Huang Runhua, Yao Duoyou, Jia Youfu, Guo Yimao, Zhang Lichen, etc.; Hu Yichuan, Ai Zhongxin, Luo Gongliu, Dong Xiwen, Wang Shikuo, Xu Xingzhi, Feng Fasi, Ni Yide, Wu Guanzhong, Dai Ze, Sun Zongwei, Wei Qimei, Li Zongjin, Zhao Yu, Lin Gang, Hou Yimin, Zhan Jianjun, Jin Shangyi, Sun Zixi, Du Jian, Li Tianxiang, Zhong Han, Wen Lipeng, Pan Shixun, Zhu Naizheng, Yuan Yunsheng, etc. in oil painting; Jiang Feng, Li Hua, Gu Yuan, Yanhan, Wang Qi, Huang Yongyu, Xia Tongguang, Chen Xiaonan, Hong Bo, Wu Biduan, etc. in printmaking; Liu Kaiqu, Zeng Zhushao, Wang Bingzhao, Fu Tianchou, Liu Xiaocen, Situ Jie, Qian Shaowu, etc. in sculpture; Wang Xun, Wang Chaowen, Cai Yi, Chang Renxia, Zhang Anzhi, Jin Weinuo, Shao Dazhen, Li Chun, Bo Songnian, Tang Chi, Li Songtao, Sun Meilan, Li Shusheng, etc. in art history. These experts constitute the most outstanding art creation team and history and theory research team in the Chinese art world after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Successive leaders and secretaries: Hu Yichuan, Luo Gongliu, Jiang Feng, Wang Manshuo, Chen Pei, Chen Bo, Zhong Qiuyuan, Zhu Dan, Hong Bo, Yang Li, Sheng Yang, Ding Shizhong, Yang Li, Gao Hong Successive presidents: Zheng Jin, Lin Fengmian, Yang Zhongzi, Yan Zhikai, Zhao Taimou, Teng Gu, Lu Fengzi, Chen Zhifo, Pan Tianshou, Wang Shizhi, Xu Beihong, Jiang Feng, Wu Zuoren, Gu Yuan, Jin Shangyi, Pan Gongkai, Fan Di'an, Lin Mao The current party secretary is Gao Hong, and the current president is Lin Mao. Discipline introduction: Our college currently has 25 undergraduate majors, including Chinese painting, calligraphy, painting, sculpture, experimental art, visual communication design, industrial design, product design, digital media art, clothing and apparel design, photography, fine arts, art history, cultural industry management, architecture, landscape architecture, film and television photography and production, environmental design, public art, animation, art management, art and technology, cultural relics protection and restoration, arts and crafts, and art design. The college has been trying out credit-based teaching management and a new teaching calendar since 2004, with 38 teaching weeks per year, divided into three semesters. The first semester is 20 weeks, mainly arranging the required courses stipulated by the school and various professional colleges; the second semester is 10 weeks, mainly arranging various professional courses and out-of-town teaching courses; the third semester is 8 weeks, mainly arranged by the school for professional elective courses and public elective courses, and students can choose cross-disciplinary courses according to their hobbies and professional development needs. Teaching conditions: The teaching and research area of the Central Academy of Fine Arts covers a total area of 495 acres, with a total construction area of 247,000 square meters. The Wangjing campus covers an area of 205 mu and a building area of 144,000 square meters; the Yanjiao campus covers an area of 205 mu and a building area of 68,000 square meters; the Houshayu campus covers an area of 67 mu and a building area of 29,000 square meters; the Xiaoying campus covers an area of 18 mu and a building area of 6,000 square meters. The Central Academy of Fine Arts has well-equipped classrooms, professional experimental workshops (laboratories), libraries, art galleries, gymnasiums, multimedia classrooms and other teaching facilities. The professional experimental workshops (laboratories) are well-equipped and have high technical content, which strongly supports the professional teaching and discipline construction of our college. The library is one of the most advanced art libraries in China, with a total of nearly 400,000 books. The art gallery has precious collections, including more than 2,000 scroll paintings since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The art gallery also regularly holds exhibitions of works by teachers and students of the academy, and hosts art exhibitions with high academic levels at home and abroad. In addition, the gymnasium and multimedia classrooms can meet various teaching requirements well. In addition, the Central Academy of Fine Arts publishes two national first-class academic journals, "Art Research" and "World Art".