China Academy of Art (simplified Chinese: 中国美术学院; traditional Chinese: 中國美術學院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Měishù Xuéyuàn) is the highest university of art in China. It was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of Republic of China. It is colloquially called Guomei (國美).
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