刘海粟、张大千、黄宾虹、李超士、陈抱一、吕凤子、姜丹书、丰子恺、关良、潘天寿、傅雷、潘玉良、朱屺瞻、颜文樑、朱士杰、陈之佛、谢海燕、俞剑华、刘汝醴、温肇桐、陈大羽、刘抗、苏天赐、张华清、张文俊、林树中等著名专家学者都曾在这里任教。　

　　在近百年的风雨历程中，美术学院秉承“闳约深美”的办学思想，重视教学研究与学科建设，已发展成为中国画、油画、版画、壁画、插画、漆画、书法、雕塑和美术学各专业（方向）齐全的综合型美术学科。1981年和1986年先后被国家教育部确定为首批硕士和博士学位授予单位，是国内综合性高等艺术院校中唯一的美术学博士学位授予单位。在师资结构、科研创作、教学管理、学术研究和学科建设等方面形成了自己的特色和优势，在全国同类型院校、学科或专业领域中具有广泛的影响力。

　　本院美术学学科作为江苏省美术学唯一省级重点学科，教学层次分明，师资力量雄厚，科研成果丰硕。据不完全统计，从第六届至第十一届全国美展中，本院师生共获得金奖3枚，银奖10枚，铜奖16枚，优秀奖20枚。2003年和2006年绘画、美术学专业分别被评为省级特色专业。2004年“绘画课程群”被评为江苏省普通高校优秀课程群；“油画课程”被评为江苏省普通高校一类精品课程；“版画专业工作室建设”项目获江苏省普通高校“教学成果二等奖”；“版画专业工作室建设成果”获得省教学成果二等奖。2006年“中国画课程”被评为江苏省普通高校一类精品课程；“版画”课程被评为二类精品课程；美术学成为江苏省“十一五”重点学科暨国家重点学科建设培育点。2007年“中国画技法课程”获国家精品课程；“中国画论课程”获江苏省2007年度优秀研究生课程；美术学被评为“国家重点学科培育建设点”；“绘画教学创新型人才培养”、“美术学教研体系的优化与应用”获得省级教学成果奖。2008年“油画技法课程”被评为国家精品课程；绘画专业被遴选为国家级特色专业建设点和省高校品牌专业建设点；“书法技法课程”遴选为江苏省高等学校精品课程。2009年美术学院被评为“美术学学科国家级人才培养模式创新实验区”；“版画艺术实验教学中心”被评为江苏省高等学校实验教学示范中心。 2010年“中国美术史课程”被评为国家高等学校精品课程。

　　Fine Arts college’s predecessor is called Shanghai Fine Arts specialized school which was established in 1912 by Liu Haisu who was the pioneer of the Chinese new fine arts movement and the founder of Chinese modern art education. In the course of almost a century， Fine Arts college take “Grandeur and Simplicity， Profundity and Beauty”as the educational thought and pay great attention to teaching research and development of department. It has developed into a comprehensive fine arts college involved complete specialties such as the traditional Chinese painting， the oil painting ，the Printmaking， the Fresco， the Illustration， the lacquer painting， the Calligraphy， the Sculpture and the　Art history. In 1981 and 1986， it was given the title of the unit for first batch master and the doctorate by the National Ministry of Education so that it had been the one and only unit in comprehensive and advanced art college in China. Fine Art College has formed it characteristic and the superiority in teacher’s structure， scientific research creation， teaching management， academic research and discipline construction that has produced a great effect on the national same type colleges and universities， the discipline or the professional field.As the Key Subject at the Provincial Level， the subject of art history is well-bedded and its teacher resource is abundant and its scientific achievements are fruitful. According to incompletely statistics， from the 6th and 11th National Art Exhibition， our college’s teachers and students gained 3 Gold Awards， 10 Silver Awards， 16 Bronze Award and 20 Outstanding Award. In 2003 and 2006， Painting and　Art history were titled the Leading Subjects at the Provincial Level. In 2004，"Painting curriculums”were granted as excellent curriculums in regular institutions of higher learning in Jiangsu. The “Printmaking studio construction project” won the second price of teaching achievements .In 2006，“The Chinese Painting curriculum ”was awarded the first class curriculum in Jiangsu. “Printmaking” was awarded the second class curriculum.

　　“Art history” was the cultivation base of National Leading Academic of Jiangsu. In 2007， “The Chinese Painting Technique” was awarded “National competitive curriculum”. “The Chinese Theory of Art” was awarded “excellent postgraduate course” in 2007. “Art history” was granted “the cultivation base of National Leading Academic” “Painting teaching creative personnel training” was granted “teaching achievements award” at the Provincial Level. In 2008， “Oil Painting Technique” was awarded “National competitive curriculum”. “Calligraphy Technique” was awarded “Jiangsu competitive curriculum” in advanced colleges. In 2009， our college was given the title of “Creative and experimental area of National personnel training mode of Fine Art”. “Painting art experimental teaching centre” was awarded experimental teaching demonstration centre in regular institutions of higher learning. In 2010， “Chinese Art history curriculum” was　awarded “National competitive curriculum”.