University Archives, CUHK: 中大藝術一甲子 60th Anniversary of the Department of Fine Arts

中大藝術系源於新亞書院1957年開辦的二年制藝術專修科，初設國畫、西畫兩組。注重藝術教育的錢穆院長特意邀請留學法國的著名油畫家陳士文先生任首位科主任。當時的老師有留學日本、繪畫、書法、篆刻皆精的丁衍庸先生、文物收藏及鑒賞家王季遷先生、書法家曾克耑先生等；亦不時邀請藝術名家來校講學，如抽象派大師趙無極先生、和國畫大師溥儒(心畬)先生。

1959年專修科改為四年制本科課程。1963年新亞書院加入中大，正式成立中大藝術系，為香港首個提供視覺藝術教育的大專學系。

除了本科課程，藝術系亦開辦哲學碩士(1981) 、哲學博士(1992)、藝術碩士(藝術創作)(1993)、藝術文學碩士(2009)等課程，使藝術系成為香港培育藝術人才的重鎮。

The Department of Fine Arts was founded in 1957. At the beginning it was a two-year fine arts specialized training programme launched at New Asia College, which consisted of two divisions, namely Chinese Painting and Western Painting. Invited by Dr. Ch’ien Mu, Mr. Chen Shih-wen, the oil painting master who had studied Western art in France, became the first director of the programme. Teachers in the early days included Mr. Ding Yanyong, master of painting, Chinese Calligraphy, and seal carving and had studied Western art in Japan; Mr. Wang Chi-Ch’ien, art collector and connoisseur; and Mr. Zeng Keduan, Chinese calligrapher, etc.; renowned artists like Mr. Zao Wou-Ki, master of postwar abstraction, and Mr. Pu Ru (Xinyu), eminent Chinese painter, were invited to give lectures.

In 1959 it was developed into a four-year undergraduate programme. When The Chinese University of Hong Kong was established in 1963, New Asia College was one of the University’s constituent colleges. The Department of Fine Arts became the first tertiary institute to offer courses of visual arts in Hong Kong.

Since then, the Department has developed a balanced and comprehensive undergraduate, and established postgraduate programmes including MPhil (1981), PhD (1992), MFA (1993) and MA (2009) programmes. All these have made the Department a strategic base for training art professionals in Hong Kong.

歷任系主任 Department Heads

•    陳士文 Chen, Shih-wen (1957-62)

•    王季遷 Wang, Chi-Ch’ien (1962-64)

•    虞君質 Yu, Chun-Chih (1964-70)

•    王佶 (代) Wang, Chi (acting) (1970-71)

•    曾堉 Tseng, Yu (1971-72)

•    劉國松 Liu, Kuo-song (1972-76)

•    高美慶 Kao, Mayching (1975-77; 1981-84)

•    屈志仁 Watt, Chi-yan James (1977-81)

•    張義 Cheung, Yee (1984-92)

•    李潤桓 Lee, Yun Woon (1992-2000)

•    蘇芳淑 So, Fong-suk Jenny (2000-08)

•    莫家良 Mok, Ka-leung Harold (2008- )

*藝術系現正慶祝成立六十周年，活動詳情請留意藝術系網頁及Facebook。

The Department of Fine Arts is celebrating its 60th anniversary, for details please visit the Department’s website and Facebook.

延伸閲讀 Further Readings

•    《與藝同行五十年》。香港：香港中文大學藝術系，2007。

•    《師道傳承 : 從新亞至中大的傳藝者》。香港：香港中文大學藝術系系友會，2012。

•    《新亞校史館》〈新亞書院早期教師1949-1976〉「藝術學系」

趙無極先生(站立者)獲邀擔任藝術科訪問教授 (1958)
Mr. Zao Wou-Ki (standing) was invited by New Asia College as visiting professor of the Fine Arts programme (1958)

新亞書院邀請溥儒先生主持藝術講座，錢穆先生請教育司署延長溥儒先生留港期限 (15/12/1958) (資料來源：香港歷史檔案館檔案編號HKRS147-3-5)
New Asia College intended to invite Mr. Pu Ru to give lectures on Chinese Arts and Dr Chi’en Mu asked the Education Department to extend Mr. Pu Ru’s stay in Hong Kong (15/12/1958) (Source: HK Public Records Office Reference No. HKRS147-3-5)