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The painting major includes two professional directions, Chinese painting and oil painting, each of which has its own complete knowledge and skill system, with considerable overlap as well as different characteristics. There are 17 teachers in the Department of Painting has, including 1 professor, 7 associate professors, 9 lecturers, among which 4 have got doctoral degrees and 7 have got master's degrees. All of them graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Academy of Arts& Design, Tsinghua University, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts and other domestic first-class professional colleges. Many influential teachers also undertake important positions in academic organizations and academic journals in the painting field.

     The painting major has long history with rich experience. Since the establishment of painting courses in 1958, it has successively cultivated a number of national artistic talents, including famous Chinese painters Long Rui, Shi Hu, Guzi (Chen Zheng), Wang Bingfu, etc., and has got remarkable achievements in teaching and creation for decades. In recent years, the courses of painting major have won 1 excellent course in Beijing, 6 national art funds, 1 national art project. Many works have been published in exhibitions organized by international and national institutes, and more than 50 works have been awarded and collected. More than 10 textbooks and monographs were published, and over 70 papers were published in core journals.

      In the course of long-term teaching and research, the Department of Painting has formed a team with high academic research ability and creativeness. In terms of artistic creation and academic research, it pays attention to the research and absorption of the aesthetic essence and formal language of traditional painting, and is committed to exploring a painting language with contemporary Chinese characteristics and actively integrates in the new materials painting. The Department of Painting also attaches great importance to cultivating students with systematic theoretical knowledge of painting, broad vision of contemporary cutting-edge painting, solid basic modeling ability, as well as independent exploration and innovation ability.

     With regard to talent cultivation, the Department of Painting lays emphasis on cultivating innovative talents who will serve the research, creation and dissemination of contemporary culture and art with good artistic literacy, broad humanistic foundation, systematic mastery of art theory, methods and techniques, solid foundation, independent thinking, good communication ability, innovative thinking, and professional knowledge, ability and skills in artistic creation.