新普育堂原是上海一处有名的慈善机构所在地,但1929年它作为全国第一届美术展览的举办地,而在中国近现代美术史上占有了显著地位。尽管新普育堂举办的第一届全国美术展览取得了很大成功,但后来的美术社团、美术家及美术学校等并没有把它作为美术展览的常用场所,因此它逐渐淡出了美术史的范围及美术史家的视野。近年来,随着美术史学科的研究队伍壮大,对第一次美术展览的研究 Xin Pu Yu Tong was originally a well-known charity in Shanghai. However, in 1929, it was the site of the first fine art exhibition in China, and occupies a prominent position in the history of modern and contemporary Chinese art. Despite the great success of the first national art exhibition organized by Xin Pu Yu Tang, later art associations, artists and art schools did not use it as a popular place for art exhibitions, so it gradually fades out of the history of art Range and art historian horizons. In recent years, with the research team of art history expanding, the first art exhibition