In the process of its development, with the spirit of artistic innovation, it left a wonderful chapter in China's western painting movement and created many firsts in China's art history.
First of all, accepting girls and establishing coeducation have created opportunities for many talented women to pursue further studies.
Second, the first large-scale travel sketch, based on nature, draws nutrients from life and improves students' ability to observe and capture beauty in life.
Thirdly, taking the beauty of the human body as the beauty of China, starting from 19 14, a human body sketch class was set up to break the secular prejudice, and an exhibition of human body sketch achievements was held in public on 19 17, which initiated the model system in art education.
Professional settings
When Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts was founded, there was only one subject of painting, specializing in western painting, and later it was changed to western painting; Later, four subjects were added: Chinese painting, western painting, pattern painting and labor. 1915 65438+1October, renamed Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. 19 17, Cai Yuanpei, Liang Qichao, Wang Yiting, Huang Yanpei and other celebrities in education and society were employed as school directors. It is worth mentioning that Liu Haisu received strong support and specific guidance from Cai Yuanpei, an advocate of aesthetic education in China. The school board was established on 19 19, with Cai Yuanpei as the chairman and Liu Haisu as the principal. It was also in this year that Liang Qichao, Huang Yanpei and Kong Xiangxi began to recruit girls. There are Chinese painting, western painting, craft design, sculpture, senior normal school, junior normal school and preparatory school. 192 1 The school was renamed Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. 1925 1 month reorganized and developed the major departments, and established the School of Plastic Arts (divided into the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting and the Department of Western Painting) and the Teachers' College (divided into the Department of Picture Music and the Department of Picture Crafts), with a schooling period of 3 years; Attached to the professional course of graphic sound and graphic engineering, the educational system is 2 years; Later, the department of process design was added. From 65438 to 0929, the school flourished and the departments were divided into finer departments. For example, the Chinese painting department is divided into landscape department and flower-and-bird department. 1930 was officially named Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. At this point, the school entered its heyday. 1932 added a painting research institute. Since then, the academic system has changed. There used to be three-year and five-year specialties (divided into four groups: Chinese painting, western painting, pattern and music), and three-year art education departments (divided into three groups: painting, music and labor) and research classes. Later, he got into trouble in the Anti-Japanese War and dropped out of school several times. 1946 resumed. 1952 the adjustment of colleges and departments in national universities, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts merged with Suzhou Academy of Fine Arts and the Department of Fine Arts and Music of Shandong University to form East China Art College, located in Wuxi Snake Bridge. 1958 moved to Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing, and later renamed Nanjing Art Institute. From 65438 to 0959, Shanghai Art Institute reopened, and some former alumni of Shanghai Art Institute participated in the preparation of the school. The newly established "Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts" has trained many outstanding painters, among whom Xia Baoyuan, Wei Jingshan and Chen Yifei are outstanding representatives. 1983, the school merged into the original Shanghai University and eventually became the Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai University.