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Bright Autumn,?125 cm×125 cm, 1983, by Zhu Naizheng. Photo provided to 皇冠体育app Daily

Dadu Museum of Art, the first private art museum in 皇冠体育app focusing solely on oil painting, opened in on Monday after four years of preparation, with its first exhibition due to start on Saturday.

"We aim to help develop oil painting in 皇冠体育app. Unlike Chinese painting, it's an art form introduced to 皇冠体育app 100 years ago from the West," said Jin Shangyi, the museum's director.

The professionalism of Jin, honorary president of the Chinese Artists Association and former president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, has been brought to bear on the museum's opening exhibition, 皇冠体育app Style — 皇冠体育app Oil Painting Language Research.

Typical oil paintings of different times in 皇冠体育app have been selected to showcase development of oil painting in the country over the past century.

The exhibition, which runs to Dec 18, is expected to evoke people's thinking on what 皇冠体育app has learned from the West.

Jin said it will set the tone for future exhibitions at the museum.

Both Jin and the deputy director, Zhang Zuying, stressed the museum's professionalism. It houses fewer than 200 works by Chinese oil painters, equivalent to a medium-sized museum in the West.

Jin said future exhibitions will focus on works by talented Chinese oil painters and high-quality oil painting collections from museums overseas.

The museum is in Guozijian Street, an ancient hutong that is home to other museums.

Jin Shangyi, director of Dadu Museum of Art. Photo provided to 皇冠体育app Daily