Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts or LAFA is an
art school
An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-seco ...
in
Shenyang
Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...
,
Liaoning Province
Liaoning () is a coastal provinces of China, province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and i ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
Introduction
Established in 1938, Luxun Academy of Fine Art (LAFA) is founded and primarily focusing on education of talents in painting, sculpture and photography, as well as fashion garment, industrial product design and environmental architect. With its campus located in Shenyang, a prime metropolitan city in north east of China, LAFA has its second campus established at a beach side area in the municipal of Dalian, a harbor city in the same province of LAFA’s main campus.
With a history of 70 years, LAFA is well recognized as one of the top-three art academy in China, along with the Academy of Arts and Design at
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...
and
China Central Academy of Fine Arts
The Central Academy of Fine Arts or CAFA is an art academy under the direct charge of the Ministry of Education of China. The Manila Bulletin calls the school "China’s most prestigious and renowned art academy". It is one of the most selectiv ...
.
The campus added up to an area of 464181square meters. The library covers 365000 books, and also more than 3000 pieces of authentic paintings and calligraphies. The Art Gallery covers an architectural area of 4340 square meters.
There are 395 faculty members, among which there are 44 professors, 112 associate professors, along with a group of experts from foreign countries.
Art works by teachers and fellows are collected by National Art Museum of China, the Historical Museum of China, and the Chinese Military Museum.
LAFA’s art talents are welcomed by society. More than 13000 talents playing key role at various positions since 1958, among whom many have become famous artists and outstanding professionals. As of 2011, there are 4718 students of different levels in the academy, among whom there are 3475 undergraduates of M.F.A. and 42 foreign students.
History
The school was founded in 1938 as Luxun Academy of Arts by
Communist Party of China
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...
leaders, including
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...
and
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai (; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman and military officer who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, premier of the People's Republic of China from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 J ...
, in the town of
Yan'an
Yan'an (; ), alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several counties, including Zhidan (formerly Bao'an ...
,
Shaanxi
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Province. The school was moved to Shenyang in 1940, span off its music department in 1953 (which later became
Shenyang Conservatory of Music
Shenyang Conservatory of Music (Chinese: 沈阳音乐学院) is a music college in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. It is one of nine major conservatories in China. Established in 1938, the school serves approximately 8,000 students in under ...
) and was renamed Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1958.
The composers of the original Lu Xun Academy in Yan'an and Shenyang include
Ma Ke (composer)
Ma Ke (; 1918 – July 27, 1976) was a Chinese composer and musicologist, best known for his patriotic songs, including "Nanniwan".
Ma was born into a Christian family, at Xuzhou, Jiangsu, and his name was said to be derived from the saint Mark. ...
who composed the opera ''
The White-Haired Girl
''The White-Haired Girl'' () is a Chinese opera, ballet, (later adapted to Beijing Opera and a film) by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto by He Jingzhi and Ding Yi. The folklore of the white-haired girl is believed to have spread widely in the are ...
'',
Chen Zi
Chen Zi (陈紫, Huiyang, 1919–1999) was a Chinese composer. He was one of the composers at the original revolutionary Lu Xun Academy in Yan'an and one of the collaborators assisting Ma Ke in composition of 1945's ''The White-Haired Girl''. Amon ...
composer of the 1954 ''
Liu Hulan (opera)
''Liu Hulan'' (刘胡兰) is a 1954 Chinese-language western-style opera by Chen Zi. It is based on the death of a 14-year-old communist party girl Liu Hulan, who was elevated into a revolutionary martyr. Part of the original opera was composed in ...
'' and others.
Departments of the Academy
Chinese Painting Department, Printmaking Department, Oil Painting Department, Sculpture Department, Photography Department, Visual Communication Art Design Department, Environmental Art Design Department, Textile and Fashion Design Department, Industrial Design Department, History of Art Department, Cultural Communication and Management Department, and an Art Culture Studying Center (Chinese Figure Painting Studio).
Education in 21 specialties: Chinese Painting, Calligraphy, Printmaking, Watercolor, Oil Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Film Photography, Graphic Design, Decorative Art Design, Multimedia Art Design, Animation Design, Environmental Art Design, Urban Landscape Design, Textile Art Design, Fashion Design, Fiber Art Design, Industrial Design, Ceramic Art Design, History of Art, Cultural Communication and Management.
Dalian Campus offers 16 professional studios: Graphic Design, Multimedia Design, Decorative Art Design, Exhibit Design, Advertisement Design, Packing Design, Book Design, Illustration Design, Commercial Photography, Ceramic Art, Two-dimension Design, Three-dimension Design, UI interface Design, Development Design of Animation Products Series, Interactive Web Design, and Virtual Reality Games Design.
Campus
The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts has two campuses: Shenyang Campus in downtown Shenyang, and Dalian Campus in Jinshitan,
Dalian
Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...
.
Alumni
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Jia Aili
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Wang Bing
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Lin Fei Fei
Lin Fei Fei (Chinese: 林斐斐; born circa 1988) is a Chinese-born muralist based in Sacramento, California. She was named one of 10 “Contemporary Chinese Artists of the Future” by the Wang Shikuo Art Foundation in 2016 and has had her work d ...
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Luo Yang
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Wanxin Zhang
Wanxin Zhang (born 1961) is a Chinese sculpturer who is based out of San Francisco. Zhang's work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum Collections.
Zhang was born in Changchun, China in 1961. Zhang attended Lu Xun Academy of Fine Art and w ...
References
External links
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Educational institutions established in 1938
Universities and colleges in Shenyang
Arts organizations established in 1938
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1938 establishments in China