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Sichuan Fine Arts Institute (SFAI) (simplified Chinese: 四川美术学院; traditional Chinese: 四川美術學院; pinyin: Sìchuān měishù xuéyuàn) is a public fine arts university established in 1940 in the southwest City of Chongqing, China. It is one of the art academies in China and the only one in southwest China.[1]
History and reputation
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Sichuan Fine Arts Institute has a history in the creation of art and research.[_citation needed_] Artwork has been created by the teachers at SFAI.[_citation needed_]
In the 1950s and 1960s, the institute was symbolized by handcraft arts. In the 1970s, it was sculpture, especially the most famous group statues, the “Rent Collecting Courtyard”. In the 1980s, it was oil painting, such as SFAI's president Luo Zhongli's masterpiece "My Father”, etc.[_citation needed_]
The institute enjoys prestige domestically and internationally.[_citation needed_] The artwork has contributed to contemporary Chinese art.[_citation needed_] Since the 1990s, many teachers and students have won national and international awards.[_citation needed_] Artists from SFAI have exhibited their art internationally.[_citation needed_]
SFAI has been establishing cultural exchange relations with more and more foreign art institutes, delegations, and artists, dispatching students to study abroad and receiving foreign students to study at SFAI. This outreach has resulted in the promotion of international art exchanges and development.[_citation needed_] These outstanding artists make contributions to the development of fine arts in China.[_citation needed_]
The traditional campus was in the district of Jiulongpo, in Chongqing.[_citation needed_] The new campus was built in Huxi District, Chongqing, in 2005.[_citation needed_]
The university's philosophy is "close to life, to serve the people; knowledge as equally important, new incentives; open-minded and keeping up with the times".[_citation needed_] The overall development objective is to provide the highest level of art education in the western region of China.[_citation needed_]
Programs of study at SFAI include craft art, oil painting, sculpture, design, architecture, printmaking, art theory, and traditional Chinese painting.[2] (The institute no longer offers Chinese language classes for international and exchange students as a second language at the Huxi campus.)
The following at alumni of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute:[3]
- A Ge
- Qionghui Zou[4]
- Yin Haixin[_who?_][_citation needed_]
- Zhang Xiaogang
- Chengdu Art Academy
- ^ "Sichuan Fine Arts Institute". digiedupro.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Academics". Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "四川美术学院校友蓉城办展 作者年龄跨度七十岁--四川新闻". scnews.newssc.org. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ Zou, Qionghui. "BIOGRAPHY". Zouqionghui.com. Zou. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
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