China Academy of Art Printmaking Department was founded in 1954, which is one of the earliest printmaking teaching bases in China. In the 50 years since the establishment of the Department, famous printmakers such as Zhao Zongzao, Zhao Yannian, Zhang Dianyu and Han have served as the department heads, and famous artists such as Song Bingheng, Ding Zhengxian, Zhang, Xia Ziyi, Pan Sitong, Hong and Shu Chuanxi have taught in the Department. With the long-term joint efforts of all the teaching staff and adhering to the academic attitude of "basing on fertile soil and paying attention to the surrounding areas", China Academy of Art Printmaking Department has established a unique and distinctive realistic style of study, which has been passed down to this day. .
The printmaking department of Central Academy of Fine Arts was founded in 1954, which is the first printmaking department in China. There are famous teachers such as Li Hua, Gu Yuan, Wang Qi, Han Yan and Huang Yongyu in history. They are experienced art educators and artists with extensive influence. Their outstanding artistic creation practice and rigorous academic spirit have laid a solid foundation for the teaching of printmaking department and formed a unique printmaking education system in China. While imparting professional skills, they also established the academic character of printmaking specialty, which is concerned about society, respects rationality and is good at thinking.
The printmaking department of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts was founded in 1958, where Xu Baozhong, Wan Xingquan, Wang Jiazeng and Zhang taught. After 50 years of progress, development and change, an art education and management system has been formed, which focuses on printmaking teaching, research and creation, focuses on woodcut, lithograph, copperplate and screen printing, and aims at cultivating developmental and research-oriented printmaking talents. Take the cultivation of artistic innovation ability and comprehensive ability as the direction.
Sichuan fine arts institute printmaking specialty was founded in the mid-1950s. Jiang Mi, Xie, Lu and others have all taught. In the decades of development, under the care of the leaders of previous academies, with the efforts of the older generation of printmakers and printmakers, and with the joint efforts of all teachers and students, the printmaking discipline has gradually established woodcut studios, lithograph studios, copperplate studios and screen studios. In recent years, the discipline of printmaking has been continuously improved and improved, forming a new situation at a higher level in similar colleges and universities in China.
Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, printmaking teaching began at 1959 (then Hebei Academy of Fine Arts). As a major of painting department, the printmaking major with woodcut as the main teaching content was set up to train undergraduates. With the joint efforts of the older generation of artists, the teaching force of printmaking has been growing. Tian Kun, Jiang Lu, Zhang Jianru, Chen Jiuru and Fan Min have all taught. 1994 established the printmaking department on the basis of the printmaking teaching and research section of the original painting department.