甘肃是华夏文明的发祥地之一,这里不仅有享誉世界的敦煌莫高窟、天水麦积山石窟等,而且还留下了张大干、吕斯百、常书鸿、黄胄等大师级人物的艺术足迹。这辉煌的历史,更应该连接一个美好的未来。于是,甘肃省委、省政府决定在上世纪下半叶兴建甘肃画院,以加强甘肃美术创作力量来促进全省文化事业的繁荣与发展。1990年5月10日上午,甘肃画院院址落成典礼暨画院挂牌仪式在甘肃画院大厅举行。常书鸿先生及夫人专程由北京赴兰州参加了落成典礼。著名国画家、全国政协委员黄胄及我国老一辈油画家、敦煌学专家、全国政协委员常书鸿担任 Gansu is one of the cradles of the Huaxia civilization. There are not only world-famous Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui, but also the master figures such as Zhang Dagan, Lv Si Bai, Shu Lianghong and Huang Xuan Art footprint. This glorious history should be more connected with a beautiful future. As a result, Gansu Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government decided to build Gansu Art Academy in the second half of the last century to strengthen the power of Gansu art creation to promote the province’s cultural undertakings prosperity and development. On the morning of May 10, 1990, the inauguration ceremony of the Gansu Painting Academy site and the listing ceremony of the Academy were held in the lobby of Gansu Art Academy. Mr. Chang Shuhong and his wife made a special trip from Beijing to Lanzhou to attend the inauguration ceremony. Famous painter, member of the CPPCC National Committee Huang Lao and our older generation of oil painters, experts in Dunhuang, CPPCC National Committee member Chang Shuhong served