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Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
Art school in Shenyang, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, or LAFA, is an art school in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. It was founded in April 1938 in the Yan'an Soviet as the Lu Xun Academy of Arts (or Luyi) as a training center for Communist artists.
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History
The school was founded in April 1938 as Luxun Academy of Arts (or Luyi) by Chinese Communist Party leaders, including Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, in the town of Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, as a training center for Communist artists.[1][2]: 144 [3]: 113 On 2 August 1939, Luyi moved into the Qiao'ergou Catholic Church, where it became a cultural center for Yan'an.[2]: 144
The school moved to Shenyang in 1940, spun off its music department in 1953 (which later became Shenyang Conservatory of Music), and was renamed Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1958.[4][5]
The composers of the original Lu Xun Academy in Yan'an and Shenyang include Ma Ke (composer) who composed the opera The White-Haired Girl, Chen Zi composer of the 1954 Liu Hulan (opera) and others.[6]
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Campus
The Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts has two campuses: Shenyang Campus in downtown Shenyang, and Dalian Campus in Jinshitan, Dalian.[7]
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