Huang Xiaofeng: Recording an epoch-making cultural event - The collection exhibition of works and materials of the first China National Art Exhibition in 1949. CAFA Art Museum

Huang Xiaofeng: Recording an epoch-making cultural event - The collection exhibition of works and materials of the first China National Art Exhibition in 1949.

The collection exhibition of works and materials of the first National Art Exhibition in 1949 is a modern art research exhibition independently planned by the School of Humanities based on its collections and putting collections to practical use. As part of the collection research work that our school plans to focus on planning and implementing in the future, this exhibition was launched in mid-April this year. It mainly uses the treasure in our school's collection - the works and materials remaining from the art (fine arts) exhibition held at the National Literary and Art Workers' Congress in 1949 - to carry out collation and research. At the same time, in the form of an exhibition, it presents the basic appearance of 75 years ago, when on the occasion of welcoming the national victory and liberation and the birth of the People's Republic of China, the two major literary and artistic creation forces in the areas under the control of the Kuomintang and the liberated areas converged in Peiping, accepted the review of creation and the baptism of new literary and artistic thoughts.

The works and materials of the first National Art Exhibition in 1949 that have survived to this day are of extraordinary and far-reaching significance for our school, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Chinese Artists Association, and the national literary and artistic workers represented by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Just as Professor Cao Qinghui, the curator, said in a report on planning work during the summer vacation, the works and materials of the first National Art Exhibition collected by the School of Humanities of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in a historical opportunity are by no means limited to the first National Art Exhibition itself. Rather than saying that we are collecting an exhibition, it is better to say that we are collecting an epoch-making cultural event. Looking from this perspective, a new people's literary and artistic trend closely related to each of our ideological lives and visual logic is converging, growing, and surging. Therefore, it is the responsibility of our School of Humanities as a collecting unit to sort out and compile this cultural event with solid scientific working methods, study and expound on this cultural event with profound speculation of historical materialism and dialectical materialism, and deeply understand the realistic creative thinking process and experience of authors and works with the research methods of iconography, material science, chronology, and visual culture. At the same time, it is also the responsibility of our School of Humanities as a teaching unit to educate people.

In September 1949, after the exhibition of the first National Art Exhibition at the National Peiping Art College ended, it was moved to the Shanghai Daxin Company for a touring exhibition. In September 2024, the collection exhibition of works and materials of the first National Art Exhibition in 1949 opened at the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Seventy-five years have passed in the blink of an eye, but we must pay high tribute to Dean Jiang Feng who arranged for this batch of treasures to be preserved for the Central Academy of Fine Arts at that time and for the purpose of collecting materials for modern art research, and to Professor Li Shusheng, assistant of Dean Jiang Feng and who has been responsible for taking care of this batch of treasures for a long time. Thanks to the Art Museum and Library of the Central Academy of Fine Arts for providing collections to support the exhibition, thanks to the National Library and artists and their families for providing literature and old photo assistance for the exhibition, and thanks to the teachers and students of the School of Humanities who have worked hard to sort out the exhibition materials.

In the summer of 2024, the planning work under the scorching sun is truly hot and exciting; in the autumn of 2024, at the dazzling exhibition site, there will surely be long and lingering thoughts...

Huang Xiaofeng

Dean of the School of Humanities, CAFA.

Some exhibited works

Li Binghong

Wang Xianming, the Explosion Model

Watercolor on paper

28.7×42cm

In 1947

Collected by the School of Humanities, CAFA.

Chen Shuliang

Return

Traditional Chinese painting, meticulous heavy-color on paper

54.7×27.6cm

In 1948

CAFA.

Gu Yuan

Bridge of Men

Woodcut, color overprint on woodblock

20.5×36cm

CAFA Art Museum, in 1948.

Chen Yanqiao

Lu Xun wrote: In any case, the future will surely belong to us.

Woodcut manuscript, ink brush

31.3×32.6cm

Collected by the School of Humanities, CAFA, in 1949.

Li Hua

Professor's Career

Woodcut, single color on woodblock

16×22cm

CAFA Art Museum, in 1948.

Guan Shanyue

Dongshuimen, Chongqing

Traditional Chinese painting

33.4×47.5cm

Around 1942

Collected by the School of Humanities, CAFA.

Zhang Yangxi

Seventy-Year-Old Loner

Ink wash

37×58.1cm

Collected by the School of Humanities,CAFA, in 1944.

Pang Xunqin

Dance of the Miao Ethnic Group

29.8×34.5cm

Around 1949

Collected by the School of Humanities,CAFA.

Tu Ke

Carnival

Watercolor

27.5×37.1cm

Collected by the School of Humanities, CAFA, in 1948.

Zhang Leping

The Vast World (Shanghai under the rule of the Kuomintang).

Cartoon, ink on paper.

43.3×35.5cm.

Collected by the School of Humanities,CAFA, in 1948.

Liao Bingxiong.

Seeking Knowledge with Burning Blood.

Cartoon, colored.

46.3×35.8cm.

Collected by the School of Humanities,CAFA, around 1949.

Research on Collections of the School of Humanities of CAFA.
Collection Exhibition of Works and Materials of “The First National Art Exhibition in 1949”.

Sponsor: School of Humanities, CAFA.
Co-organizer:CAFA Art Museum .

Exhibition Time: From September 10, 2024 to October 8, 2024.
Exhibition Venue: Exhibition Hall on the fourth floor of the CAFA Art Museum.

Editor-in-chief / He Yisha.
Responsible editor / Du Yinzhu.

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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.

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

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CAFA Art Museum Publication Authorization Agreement

CAFA Art Museum Event Safety Disclaimer

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Article III

Event participants should be adults (people 18 years or older with full civil legal capacity). Underage persons must be accompanied by an adult.

Article IV

Article V

Article VI

CAFA Art Museum Portraiture Rights Licensing Agreement

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.

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

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

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

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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

(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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