Introduction to Nanjing University of the Arts: The predecessor of Nanjing University of the Arts is the Shanghai Academy of Drawing and Art founded by Mr. Liu Haisu, the founder of Chinese art education, and his fellow painters in 1912. In 1930, it was renamed Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, with Mr. Cai Yuanpei as the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Fine Arts, he also wrote lyrics for the school song and inscribed the school motto and motto. In 1922, Mr. Yan Wenliang founded Suzhou Fine Arts College in Suzhou. These two earliest private art schools in China merged with the fine arts and music departments of the Art Department of Shandong University in 1952 to form the East China Art College during the national adjustment of colleges and universities. The merger was completed on December 8, which also became the Nanjing Art College. Anniversary day of the School of Art. In 1958, East China Art College moved to Nanjing and was renamed Nanjing Art College in June of the same year. In 1959, it was named Nanjing University of the Arts, and the academic system was changed to four years, thus completing the school's undergraduate system.