20世纪上半叶在中国的艺术史上是一个承先启后、风云际会的时代。中西碰撞、排斥、融会,新旧共存、争斗、交替,文化艺术呈现出复杂而多样的面貌。位于“江海通津”的上海,由于经济的繁荣和文化市场的发达,为各类文化人提供了其他城市不可比拟的生存条件和环境,使上海在相当长的时期内成为全国的文化人、艺术家聚集之地,从而多种艺术形式在上海生根发芽。1912年,刘海粟等人创办了上海美术院,它是中国第一所近代美术专门学校。该校校名屡有变更,1915年改称上海图画美术院,1916年改称上海图画美术学校,1920年改称上海关术学校,1921年又更名为上海美术专 The first half of the twentieth century in China’s art history is an era of pioneering and influential. Collision, exclusion, integration, coexistence of old and new, conflict, alternation, culture and art show a complex and diverse appearance. Shanghai, located in the “Jianghai-Tianjin-Tianjin” city, has provided various cultural people with unparalleled living conditions and environment in other cities due to the economic prosperity and the development of a cultural market, making Shanghai a national cultural figure for a considerable period of time , The place where artists gather, so that various art forms take root in Shanghai. In 1912, Liu Haisu and others founded the Shanghai Fine Arts Institute, which is the first modern art school in China. The name of the school has repeatedly changed, renamed in 1915 Shanghai Art Academy of Fine Arts, renamed in 1916 Shanghai Art School of Fine Arts, renamed the Shanghai Guanzhong School in 1920, 1921 and renamed the Shanghai Art College