Wulin Academy of Arts

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

Wulin Academy of Arts
武林書畫院
Wulin Academy Nanshan Campus, 2006
Formation1995 (1995)
TypeHonorary society and independent research institute
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, Zhejiang University, Nankai University and Xiling Seal Art Society had discussed the idea of forming an independent institution for Chinese arts and culture studies that echoes to the Imperial Art Academy (御前畫院) founded by Emperor Gaozong 800 years ago on the lakeside of Wulin (the ancient name of Hangzhou),[2][3] 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 was established at the antechamber of the Imperial Library of Wenlan on the island of Solitary Hill (孤山) as the predecessor of Wulin Academy. In 1997, the archaeological excavation and restoration at the Imperial Library began and the Institute moved out, cooperated with the Government of Gongshu District and became Hushu Society of Arts.[5] In the same year, members of Dazhen institute dismissed Hushu Society and established the Meilan Society of Arts for independence. The influence of Meilan Society had grown for rebuilding the disintegrated tradition of Chinese art that has been greatly damaged by the havoc of the New Culture Movement in mid 1910s and ten years' Cultural Revolution. In 2000 the government cancelled Meilan Society's license for 'political' reasons to suppress on independent studies and some of its members fled to Europe and America for extrication.[6]

The Meilan Society of Arts reconstituted on May 2002 and renamed to Wulin Academy of Arts. 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][10]
  • Wulin Academy assists Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau to establish the Art Institute of Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau[11]

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 West Lake". The Wulin Academy. 17 July 2018.
  9. "武林書畫院春日課時". Wulin Academy of Arts. 3 March 2018. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020.
  10. "武林書畫院夏日課時". Wulin Academy of Arts. 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020.
  11. "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.

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