School of Chinese Painting

The school's philosophy emphasizes 'painting as a door into tradition, and calligraphy as a bond bridging the ancient to the present.' Individuals study to astutely carry on the tradition of the ancient saints and sages, using art as a means of internal cultivation, in order to enhance their insight into the world, and to ultimately expand their paths of creative understanding. The program is founded on the rich cultural legacy of China's ancestral tradition. Each individual utilizes these foundations to produce impactful and meaningful works of art that are rooted in tradition. The school seeks to nurture students to become talented individuals of high moral character, who possess great proficiency and clear prospects as practitioners of Chinese painting and calligraphy. The school currently stands as the main artistic institution of higher education in China with the strongest educational model in the area of Chinese painting and calligraphy. In light of the school's rich cultural history and superior pedagogy, it now serves as a keystone in the China Academy of Art's specialized Chinese Visual Culture programming and the recently developed Contemporary Eastern Studies Culture Center. The School of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy also works to express the essential values and consciousness at the core of Chinese traditional art, using methods of research and laboratory work to perfect the strategy of imparting ‘important points of superior tradition’ into a specialized framework for study of Chinese painting and calligraphy.

Department of Chinese Painting

The Department of Chinese painting specializes in cultivating great talents in the areas of Chinese painting and its fields of research.The department was the first ever in China to propose teaching and implementing the vast area of Chinese painting as a separate specialized discipline.Further the department was also the first ever to offer Calligraphy as an official major of study. The Department of Chinese Painting holds a strong cultural foundation including its deep respect for tradition and profound legacy of great talents.

The Department earliest incarnation began as a platform to teach specifically, ‘National Painting’ and ‘Colored Ink Painting’. However in 1957, under the guidance and encouragement of master Chinese painter and educator, Pan Tianshou, the department returned and re-established its original title as the Department of Chinese Painting.The Department of Chinese painting, in addition to paying careful attention to the individual study of each genre also emphasizes and explores the integrative study of majors in Chinese Figure painting, Mountain Water (Landscape) painting, Bird and Flower painting, as well as a Comprehensive study major.

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