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Private Tutorial Art Schools in the Shanghai Market Economy

The Shanghai Art School, 1913—1919

University of Hong Kong

Drawing on school archives and other primary sources, this article looks at a category of art schools in early twentieth-century Shanghai that has long been ignored in modern Chinese art history studies, namely the early private tutorial art schools. It focuses on the early history of the Shanghai Art School (Shanghai meizhuan ) as a typical case. It argues that, in contrast to government schools, which represented national ideals and were involved in "the Chinese response to Western influence," the beginning of early private tutorial art schools was a product of new market demand for commercial art. In the 1910s, they were extensively involved in Shanghai's commercial art scene and in its mass culture. In this unique way, they contributed to the modernization of culture in China.

Key Words: private tutorial art schools • market economy • Shanghai Art School • Shanghai commercial art and mass culture

This version was published on May 1, 2009

Modern China, Vol. 35, No. 3, 313-343 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0097700408330385


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