Wulin Academy of Arts

The Wulin Academy of Arts (Chinese: 武林書畫院) is an independent institution[1] for Chinese arts and culture studies, located on the shores of the West Lake (西湖) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. It was founded in 1995 but, with antecedents dating back to the Southern Song Dynasty (南宋).

Wulin Academy of Arts
Chinese: 武林書畫院
Formation1995 (1995)
TypeHonorary society and independent research institution
HeadquartersHangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
President
Chen Xiaofeng
Websitewww.wulin.ac.cn

History

From the 1980s, a group of artists and scholars from China Academy of Art (中國美術學院), Zhejiang University (浙江大學), Nankai University (南開大學) and Xiling Seal Art Society (西泠印社) had discussed the idea of forming an independent institution for Chinese arts and culture studies that echoes to the Imperial Art Academy[2] founded by Emperor Gaozong (宋高宗) 800 years ago on the lakeside of Wulin[3](the ancient name of Hangzhou), and also, reconnecting to the Wulin School that founded in the Ming Dynasty by Lan Ying.[4]

In 1995, The Dazhen Institute of Chinese Studies(DICS) was established at the ruins of the Imperial Library of Wenlan (文瀾閣) on the island of Solitary Hill (孤山) as the predecessor of Wulin Academy. In 1997, the archaeological excavation at the Imperial Library of Wenlan began[5] and the Institute moved out, cooperated with the Government of Gongshu District and became Hushu Society of Arts(HSA). In the same year, members of Dazhen institute dismissed HSA and established Meilan Society of Arts(MSA) for independence. The influence of MSA had grown for rebuilding the disintegrated tradition of Chinese art since the havoc of the New Culture Movement in mid 1910s and ten years' Cultural Revolution. In 2000 the government cancelled the MSA's license for 'political' reasons to suppress on independent studies[6] and many of its members fled to Europe and America for extrication.

The MSA reconstituted on May 2002 and renamed to Wulin Academy of Arts(WA). In 2006, the academy relocated to the shores of West Lake where its first institute was established.[7]

Activities
  • Guqin Concert at Wulin Academy[8]
  • Spring and Summer Activities[9]
  • Wulin Academy assists Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau to establish the Art Institute of Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau[10]
  • Chen Xiaofeng Chinese Art Exhibitions(Hangzhou·Pujiang·Dongyang)[11][12][13][14][15]

References
  1. "武林書畫院簡介". Zhejiang Provincial Political Consultative Conference.
  2. "南宋画院の詩書画: 三絶の視点から". The Faulty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mie University.
  3. Michael Sullivan(1999), "The Arts of China", Vol.8, 45 pp. 179-183. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21877-9
  4. Ding Wei(1998), "China & The World Cultural Exchange", China Association for Diplomatic Exchanges. ISSN 1004-5015, CN:11-3005/G0
  5. "文澜阁历史沿革，1996". China National Knowledge Infrastructure.
  6. "Religious Persecution in Communist China". CIA FOIA.
  7. Tim Cooke(2010), "The New Cultural Atlas of China", pp. 108. Marshall Cavendish Reference. ISBN 978-0-7614-7875-1
  8. "The Guqin Recital on the shores of the West Lake". Wulin Academy. 17 July 2018.
  9. "武林書畫院夏日課時". Wulin Academy. 1 August 2017.
  10. "浙江省體育局書畫社成立". General Administration of Sports of China. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020.
  11. ""陈啸风 中国画展"_资讯频道". Phoenix Television. 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020.
  12. "陈啸风画展在杭州大剧院举行". Hangzhou Daily. 20 September 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020.
  13. "浦江美术馆将展"陈啸风――中国画展"". China Network Television, CCTV. 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020.
  14. "浦江将办陈啸风画展". Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture. 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020.
  15. "《陈啸风水墨画展》在东阳博物馆开幕". China Historical and Cultural Heritage Protection Network Committee. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020.

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