The Historical Evolution of Academy of Fine Arts of Shanxi University

During the period of Shanxi Art School (art major)1951-kloc-0/9581-kloc-0/-5 According to the relevant decision of the people's government of Shanxi Province, Shanxi Art School was formally established, which belongs to the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Culture. It is the first public art school in Shanxi Province and one of the earlier art schools in China after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The school address was at No.4 Bingzhou East Street, Taiyuan City, and now it is the main campus of Shanxi Art Vocational College. Li Qun, the first principal, and Luo Lin, the vice principal, were the principals of Tang, Xia and Qiao.

The task of the school is mainly to cultivate much-needed cultural and artistic talents for newly liberated Shanxi, including music, dance, art, opera, film screening, mass culture and other different majors. The training method is mainly training. During this period, the school held nearly 50 training courses and trained more than 5,000 cultural and artistic cadres, who were distributed in industrial and mining areas, rural areas, clubs, cultural centers, art groups and art schools in various regions of the province, which promoted the development of mass cultural activities in the province.

The art teachers at that time were Zhao, Li Qun, Wang, etc. Zhao studied in Tokyo Art College in his early years, Li Qun studied in Hangzhou National Art College, graduated from North China United University, and Wang graduated from sichuan fine arts institute. They are the founders of Shanxi fine arts education in the new China period.

During this period, the task of fine arts major is to train artistic creation cadres of cultural groups in various regions and teachers of art schools. These artists became the vanguard of Shanxi in serving national construction and promoting the development of culture and art at the beginning of the founding of New China, and also sowed the seeds of hope for Shanxi's art and art education in the new China period. 1958 65438+On February 5th, with the approval of Shanxi Provincial People's Government, Shanxi Art College was established on the basis of Shanxi Art School, and it is still under the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Culture. The college became one of the parallel colleges of major fine arts colleges in China at that time, which was a great leap forward in fine arts education in Shanxi Province. Due to the limited school area, the Department of Fine Arts borrowed the Party School of Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and Shanxi Architectural School. Dean Xia, Vice President Wu Zihui, Secretary of the General Party Branch Wang, Secretary of the General Party Branch Ju, Deputy Secretary Pu Ying, Director of the Art Department Lou Shuang, Secretary of the General Party Branch.

The college has fine arts department, music department, drama department and dance department, which are divided into undergraduate and technical secondary schools. Five years of undergraduate course and three years of technical secondary school. The Department of Fine Arts offers five majors: Chinese painting, printmaking, oil painting, arts and crafts and sculpture. 1959 and 1960 enroll two students, * * * enroll 60 undergraduates and 120 secondary school students.

Art teachers are: Zhao, Wang Shaozun, Huang, Lou Shuang, Dong, Xiao, Ye Zhenxing, Wu Che, Long Yuan, Wang Shixiang, Liu Jianjing, Xie Shuxian, Zhang Xiyu, Wang Huaiji, Zhang Yifang, Zou Lanping, Wu Guoting, Guo Huijiao, Li Huiran, Wu Guojun and Zhang Damin. Administrative personnel: Jia,,, Han Mei, etc. Most of the teachers graduated from famous art colleges, and many of them came to Shanxi to support the construction in response to the call of the party. They have contributed their youth and talents to the art education in Shanxi.

They revised the syllabus, compiled teaching materials and made teaching AIDS. The teaching content meets the requirements of nationalization, localization, modernization and popularization, establishes a collective teaching system and strengthens artistic practice. During 1959, Qian Junrui, Vice Minister of the Central Ministry of Culture, visited the school and gave a good evaluation. The famous artistic creation in this period is the landscape painting "Tongpu Scenery" presented by Zhao, Huang and others for the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China 10 and published in Art magazine, which has a great influence in the whole country. At the same time, teachers and students also actively participated in activities such as using woodcut to print leaflets to support North China and oppose U.S. imperialism, and inherited and carried forward the revolutionary fighting tradition of's emerging woodcut.

1962, Cao Mei and other four students were drafted into the army. Four of Cao Mei's works won the Beijing Military Region Literature and Art Award in succession in 1962- 1964, among which three were selected for the third All-Army Art Exhibition, and 1 won the Excellence Award. With their outstanding talents, they quickly became the creative backbone of their units. 1962 On July 3rd, due to the national economic difficulties, according to the instructions of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government and the Provincial Department of Education, Shanxi Art College was closed, and most undergraduate teachers and students of the Department of Fine Arts and Music were transferred to Shanxi University to set up fine arts and music majors in the Department of Fine Arts, and some undergraduate and technical secondary schools were employed in advance. The department was established in the province, building 2, main building and library building of Shanda North Campus.

Former directors Xia and Jilin, deputy directors Lou Shuang, Zhang Kenan, Liu Jianchang, Kong, Huang Wanpin, Fan Weixin, Wang Changyi, Xie and Jia Yongzhen, party branch secretaries Wang, Jia Zhenhua and Fan Weixin, and deputy secretaries Zhao, Xia Hongfei, Jia Zhenhua, Fan Weixin, Zhang Shunqing and Liu Shihua.

After the art major was merged into Shanxi University, it became one of the 13 majors in the whole school at that time. Lou Shuang is also the director of the art teaching and research group, and Liu Jianjing is the deputy director of the teaching and research group. The teaching and research group consists of basic exercises, Chinese painting, printmaking, sculpture and craft teaching groups. Teachers transferred to Shanda are: Zhao, Wang Shaozun, Lou Shuang, Wu, Liu Jianjing, Ye Zhenxing, Dong, Wu Che, Xie, Zhang Xiyu, Wang Huaiji, GuoHui Jiao and others.

Since then, the number of teachers has been growing, including Tong, Zhang Shunqing, Chu Qingyun, Li Rong, Shi Bingyou, Shi Xiguang, Hu, Yu Laosi, Liu Changyou, Xu Zhen, Yang, Guo Yuxiang,,,,, Yu Ping, Zhang Mingyuan, Lv Gang and Yu Ping. The administrative staff are Li Haoran, Li, Jiang Ruijuan, Cui, Ke Fei, Zhang Xide, Yan, Zhao, Lu Gaifang, Shi,,, Wang Sulan, Zhang Wentian, Chen Nan and Wang Jin.

1963- 1965 enrolled students for three times, and more than 50 students were undergraduates. 1966 The Cultural Revolution broke out and enrollment was stopped. 1972- 1976 recruits 170 "workers, peasants and soldiers" for five sessions, with a two-year academic system. The college entrance examination was restored from 1977 to 1990, and * * * enrolled more than 600 students. 1978 recruited four graduate teachers from,, Hu and Huoshan Middle School, which was the first batch of art graduate students trained in Shanxi history.

After 1964, teachers and students went to Xinzhou twice to participate in rural social education, drew slides and cartoons to promote Dazhai and Jiao Yulu, and actively cooperated with the activities at that time. 1969, the portrait of Chairman Mao created by Wang Huaiji was completed and became a historic landmark of Shanxi University.

1984- 1990 Nine teachers' works were selected for the 6th and 7th National Art Exhibition, 1 won the bronze prize, and two won the excellent prize. Zhang Shunqing went to Japan to hold a solo exhibition, and Liu Jianping's "Walking through the Village" won the Bronze Award in the 7th National Art Exhibition, which was exhibited in Japan and published by ARTE in Italy. Wang Jiping's contemporary art activities have attracted much attention. 1988 initiated and held the "International Symposium on Zhang Yanyuan and Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties" and held the "Exhibition of Teachers and Students' Works of Art Department of Shanxi University" in Beijing, which was widely praised by academic circles. The "Art College Entrance Examination Guide" edited by Xie was published.

Since 1963, graduate woodcut creation has been selected for national art exhibition. Kang Zuotian's "The Red Sun is Brilliant and Warm for All Generations" became a classic during the Cultural Revolution, and Zhao Yichao and Zhang Mingtang's "Dawn at the First Sound" won seven gold medals in art exhibitions. The fine arts talents trained by Shanxi University began to spread all over the province and became the backbone of the art world. 1September, 990, the art department of Shanxi University was officially divided into art department and music department according to Document No.70 of Shanxi Provincial Education Commission. The department is located in the art building, physics building and library building of the south campus. Head of the former department, Tong, deputy director, General Branch Secretary, Wang, Zhao Peiwen, deputy secretary Wei Yong.

The teachers added in this period are:, Li Lei, Wu Guiwen, Zhao Zichun,, Liang Yonggang,,, Liu,,, Wang Huaiyu and Wang Zhijun. Administrative personnel: Shi, Lv Chunxiang, Zhang Wentian, Chen Nan, Wang, Li Xingyuan, and others.

Teaching has gradually formed a multi-level school-running pattern including undergraduate, junior college, adult, postgraduate courses and social education, strengthened the teaching of basic courses, expanded the professional caliber, deepened the educational reform, and expanded a broad space for Shanxi fine arts education. During this period, * * * enrolled 397 students from various programs.

In April, 1992, Ding Shaoguang, a professor at California State University and an American painter, visited our school and was hired as an honorary professor of our school. In July, the "China International Symposium on Buddhist Thought and Culture" sponsored by Shanxi University was held in Taiyuan and Wutai Mountain. Teachers Liu Zhiping and Li Deren read the papers. During this period, he has published several monographs, such as Introduction to the Principles of Oriental Painting, Pottery and Calligraphy, and Xu Wei, and won the first prize in Shaanxi Social Science, the first prize in teaching achievement, and the first prize in humanities of the Education Commission.

199 1 Liu Jianping's "Walking through the Village" was selected for the French Autumn Salon.193/Ji Rong De's works won the bronze prize in the National Print Exhibition. From 65438 to 0994, nearly ten teachers' works were selected for the 8th National Art Exhibition, and works by Germany, Hu and Lv Gang won the gold, silver and bronze prizes in the 12th Shaanxi Art Exhibition. 1996, Liu Jianping and Hebei Rong De won the title of the first "cross-century literary star" in Shanxi Province, and Zhang Shunqing won the "Lu Xun Printmaking Award" from China Printmakers Association.

Around 1995, Zhao, a graduate, won the first prize of Shenyang Group's million-yuan national logo collection activity, Liang Yonggang and others won the third prize of the National Meiyuan Cup Competition and seven excellent prizes, and the works of cattle were selected for the Eighth National Art Exhibition. Printmaking students participated in many national exhibitions and won prizes, which reflected the overall strength of teaching and students' active artistic creation ability at that time. 1July, 1996, according to the Ninth Five-Year Plan of Shanxi University and the outline of 200 1 long-term plan, the school decided to establish the Academy of Fine Arts, which was one of the earliest four colleges in the school at that time. The name of the school was inscribed by Professor Zhu Naizheng of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The campus is located in the library building of the North Campus, and moved into the Art Nouveau building in 2004.

Dean Tong,,, Gaoxinxi, Vice Presidents,, Lv Chunxiang, Yu Ping,,, Liu, Gaoxinxi, An Chunbao and He Qiang, secretaries Zhao Peiwen, Cao Zhenhan and Du Jianmin, and deputy secretaries Wei Yong, Lv Chunxiang and Han Shulin.

The teachers added in this period are:, Wang Yazhu, Shi Hongyun, Liu Weidong, Wu Guangyu,, Guo, Li Hengdong, Zhong Conghui, Zhao Jiangang, Cao Feng, Wang Lu, Wang Liwen, Bai Zhaoyi, Wu Daming, Wu Xiaomei, Zhang Tongyuan, Lian Ting and Jiang Li. The administrative staff are: Wang, Chen Nan, Li Xingyuan,,, Liu Weidong, Jia, Wang Lunmei, Zhang, Bai Dong Qing, Zhao Chenglin, Zhang Yiping, Mao Beiyi, Egret and others.

1998 "The 8th National Seminar on Teaching Management in Fine Arts Colleges" and "The Sketch Exhibition of Students in Fine Arts Colleges". In the same year, the application for Master of Fine Arts was successful, which officially opened the precedent for the training of Master of Fine Arts in the history of education in Shanxi. In 2000, he obtained a master's degree in art jointly with the Conservatory of Music. In the same year, he was approved by the Ministry of Education as a national vocational teacher training base, and jointly established the School of Urban Design of Shanxi University with the Provincial Urban and Rural Planning and Research Institute. In 2003, he got a master's degree in design art, in 2005, he got a master's degree in art, and in 2006, he got an in-service master's training center for college teachers. At this point, the Academy of Fine Arts has become one of the most comprehensive master's training units in similar institutions in China.

From 65438 to 0999, the "Beijing 50th National Day Celebration Float" designed and produced by Guo Yuxiang, Gaoxinxi and Wang Zhijun won the first prize in overall design, which was well received by experts and central leaders and won honor for our province. In 2002, Gaoxin completed the overall design of the school emblem, school flag and school celebration logo. Guo Qiuying, Peng, Liu Weidong, Wu Guiwen, Zhong Conghui, Li Lei, etc. undertook a number of designs and made great contributions to the centennial celebration of Shanda University.

In addition, Wang Yuxi's work "Children's Fun in the Mountain Village" won the silver prize in the 4th National Sports Art Exhibition, and nearly 20 teachers' works were selected for the 9th and 10th National Art Exhibition. Significant achievements have been made in artistic design and scientific research: Gaoxinxi's VI series design won the gold medal in the 6th China Folk Art Festival, Wu Xiaoming's "Imperial Vinegar in the Prosperous Tang Dynasty" won the bronze prize in the China Star Design Grand Prix, Wang Zhijun won the Asian Excellence Award in the "Hong Kong Design 2000" international design competition, Gaoxinxi presided over the restoration and protection of Yuci ancient town, Wang Jiping presided over the overall renovation of Shaanxi Provincial Museum, and Huo Yaozhong and Wang Huaiyu, etc. Zhang Mingyuan's "Investigation and Research on Painted Sculptures in Liao and Jin Dynasties" won the National Social Science Planning Fund. Published the 40th Anniversary Collection of Fine Arts Works of the Academy of Fine Arts of Shanxi University, the 40th Anniversary Collection of Fine Arts Proses of the Academy of Fine Arts of Shanxi University, and Art Studies: Scanning the Problem Domain and Focus.

Since 1996, nearly 2000 students have been enrolled in various programs, and the teaching level has been significantly improved. Students frequently win prizes in national art competitions, especially in art design major, which has a great influence in the whole country and formed a relatively distinctive school-running feature.

The college has initially formed an academic research team with its own characteristics. The team is conducting new research and exploration around the academic orientation of "integrating the essence of Chinese and Western arts and promoting the culture with the characteristics of Sanjin", and strives to promote a number of high-end academic achievements with academic frontier value and regional characteristics of Sanjin in a short period of time.