Forget Not The Beginning of The Career

  • Dates:2022-09-20 - 2022-10-23
  • Location:CAFAM 4th Floor
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  • Organizer(s): CAFA Art Museum
  • Art Director: Zhang Zikang
  • Exhibition Director: Wang Chunchen Gao Gao
  • Academic Adviser: Cao Qinghui
  • Curator: Li Yaochen
  • Design Director: Ji Yujie

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"Forget Not The Beginning of The Career: The Chinese Painting Class in the Early Period of Beiping National School of Fine Arts" is the 10th exhibition of the Select Exhibition Series of CAFAM Collections. After thorough research of its collection, and the clarification of the collected items' relationship with modern art history, the exhibition series aims to display the important nodes of the history of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and foster discussions on art education.The gate of the Beiping National School of Fine Arts, 1928The auditorium of the Beiping National School of Fine Arts, 1928The Central Academy of Fine Arts is China's first national higher education institution specializedin art. In 1922, it established China's first Chinese Painting Department. The "Forget Not The Beginning of The Career" exhibition looks at the predecessor of the academy - the early period of the Beiping National School of Fine Arts, with a focus on the Chinese Painting classes between 1918 and 1932. Previously, there are few accessible materials about this time, and the exhibition hopes to provide new visual materials for the academic world. Through exhibiting the demonstration sketches by teachers of the Chinese Painting classes, and the works by the school students and precious archives which were recently recovered, the exhibition hopes to portray the early picture of Chinese Painting teaching at the Beiping National School of Fine Arts, and the relationship between this period and modern art education.Landscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 7, Xiao Junxian, circa. 1918, 28x33cm, ink on paper, collected by CAFAMLandscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 9, Xiao Junxian, circa. 1918, 28x33cm, ink on paper, collected by CAFAMThe exhibition for the first time shows the over 70 precious demonstration sketches by 9 famous teachers of the Beiping National School of Fine Arts: Xiao Junxian, He Liangpu, Xiao Qianzhong, Wang Mengbai, Shao Yixuan, Zhu Baoci, Wang Gongyan, Zheng Manqing, Wang Xuetao. These sketches were made for students in the 1920s, and remained in use for years in the Chinese Painting Department. Among all the demonstration sketches, those by Xiao Junxian can be dated back to 1918, when the school was founded. They were kept in the Central Academy of Fine Arts since, and is one of the oldest evidence of the academy's history.Flora Painting Demonstration Sketch 45, Wang Mengbai, 1922, 31x33cm, collected by CAFAMFlora Painting Demonstration Sketch 53, Wang Mengbai, 1923, 44x32cm, collected by CAFAMLandscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 4, Xiao Qianzhong, circa. 1918-1922, 28x31cm, ink on paper, collected by CAFAMLandscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 5, Xiao Qianzhong, circa. 1918-1922, 28x31cm, ink on paper, collected by CAFAMThe exhibition creates an atmosphere of a "Chinese Painting class". It hopes to bring the audience back to the Chinese painting classes a hundred years ago, and evoke their reflections on the history of art education.Landscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 5, He Liangpu, circa. 1922, 34x45.5cm, ink and color on paper, collected by CAFAMLandscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 6, He Liangpu, circa. 1922, 34x45.5cm, ink and color on paper, collected by CAFAMFlora Painting Demonstration Sketch 1, Wang Gongyan, 1924, 32x43cm, ink and color on paper, collected by CAFAMFlora Painting Demonstration Sketch 3, Wang Gongyan, 1924, 32x43.5cm, ink and color on paper, collected by CAFAM"Forget Not The Beginning of The Career". A century ago, countless heroes with lofty ideals devoted themselves in the great revival of the Chinese nation. The traces they left on the path have since supported many younger generations. The exhibition is a commemoration of the predecessors who carried out and fighted for the idea of "art education could save the country".The exhibition is on the 4th floor of CAFA Art Museum, and will last until October 23, 2022. The museum will also arrange a series of online tours and conversations, for the public to gain a better idea of the exhibition.

"Forget Not The Beginning of The Career: The Chinese Painting Class in the Early Period of Beiping National School of Fine Arts" is the 10th exhibition of the Select Exhibition Series of CAFAM Collections. After thorough research of its collection, and the clarification of the collected items' relationship with modern art history, the exhibition series aims to display the important nodes of the history of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and foster discussions on art education.

The gate of the Beiping National School of Fine Arts, 1928


The auditorium of the Beiping National School of Fine Arts, 1928

The Central Academy of Fine Arts is China's first national higher education institution specializedin art. In 1922, it established China's first Chinese Painting Department. The "Forget Not The Beginning of The Career" exhibition looks at the predecessor of the academy - the early period of the Beiping National School of Fine Arts, with a focus on the Chinese Painting classes between 1918 and 1932. Previously, there are few accessible materials about this time, and the exhibition hopes to provide new visual materials for the academic world. Through exhibiting the demonstration sketches by teachers of the Chinese Painting classes, and the works by the school students and precious archives which were recently recovered, the exhibition hopes to portray the early picture of Chinese Painting teaching at the Beiping National School of Fine Arts, and the relationship between this period and modern art education.

Landscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 7, Xiao Junxian, circa. 1918, 28x33cm, ink on paper, collected by CAFAM


Landscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 9, Xiao Junxian, circa. 1918, 28x33cm, ink on paper, collected by CAFAM

The exhibition for the first time shows the over 70 precious demonstration sketches by 9 famous teachers of the Beiping National School of Fine Arts: Xiao Junxian, He Liangpu, Xiao Qianzhong, Wang Mengbai, Shao Yixuan, Zhu Baoci, Wang Gongyan, Zheng Manqing, Wang Xuetao. These sketches were made for students in the 1920s, and remained in use for years in the Chinese Painting Department. Among all the demonstration sketches, those by Xiao Junxian can be dated back to 1918, when the school was founded. They were kept in the Central Academy of Fine Arts since, and is one of the oldest evidence of the academy's history.

Flora Painting Demonstration Sketch 45, Wang Mengbai, 1922, 31x33cm, collected by CAFAM


Flora Painting Demonstration Sketch 53, Wang Mengbai, 1923, 44x32cm, collected by CAFAM


Landscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 4, Xiao Qianzhong, circa. 1918-1922, 28x31cm, ink on paper, collected by CAFAM


Landscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 5, Xiao Qianzhong, circa. 1918-1922, 28x31cm, ink on paper, collected by CAFAM

The exhibition creates an atmosphere of a "Chinese Painting class". It hopes to bring the audience back to the Chinese painting classes a hundred years ago, and evoke their reflections on the history of art education.

Landscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 5, He Liangpu, circa. 1922, 34x45.5cm, ink and color on paper, collected by CAFAM


Landscape Painting Demonstration Sketch 6, He Liangpu, circa. 1922, 34x45.5cm, ink and color on paper, collected by CAFAM


Flora Painting Demonstration Sketch 1, Wang Gongyan, 1924, 32x43cm, ink and color on paper, collected by CAFAM


Flora Painting Demonstration Sketch 3, Wang Gongyan, 1924, 32x43.5cm, ink and color on paper, collected by CAFAM

"Forget Not The Beginning of The Career". A century ago, countless heroes with lofty ideals devoted themselves in the great revival of the Chinese nation. The traces they left on the path have since supported many younger generations. The exhibition is a commemoration of the predecessors who carried out and fighted for the idea of "art education could save the country".

The exhibition is on the 4th floor of CAFA Art Museum, and will last until October 23, 2022. The museum will also arrange a series of online tours and conversations, for the public to gain a better idea of the exhibition.


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I. General Provisions

(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.

(2) Party B (CAFA Art Museum) is a specialized, international modern art museum. CAFA Art Museum keeps pace with the times, and works to create an open, free, and academic space and atmosphere for positive interaction with groups, corporations, institutions, artists, and visitors. With CAFA’s academic research as a foundation, the museum plans multi-disciplinary exhibitions, conferences, and public education events with participants from around the world, providing a platform for exchange, learning, and exhibition for CAFA’s students and instructors, artists from around the world, and the general public. As a public institution, the primary purposes of CAFA Art Museum’s public education events are academic and beneficial to society.

(3) Party B will photograph all CAFA Public Education Department events for Party A.

II. Content, Forms of Use, and Geographical Scope of Use

(1) Content. The content of images taken by Party B bearing Party A’s likeness include: ① CAFA Art Museum ② CAFA campus ③ All events planned or executed by the CAFAM Public Education Department.

(2) Forms of Use. For use in CAFA’s publications, products with CDs, and promotional materials.

(3) Geographical Scope of Use

The applicable geographic scope is global.

The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).

III. Term of Portraiture Rights Use

Use in perpetuity.

IV. Licensing Fees

The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.

After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.

Additional Terms

(1) All matters not discussed in this agreement shall be resolved through friendly negotiation between both parties. Both parties may then sign a supplementary agreement, provided it does not violate any laws or regulations.

(2) This agreement comes into effect on the date that it is signed (sealed) and the relevant boxes are selected by Party A and Party B.

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