中国油画院隶属于中国艺术研究院。是集油画创作、研究、教学为一体的国家级艺术机构。成立于2007年9月26日。中国油画院是建国以来首次成立的国家级油画院。中国艺术研究院集艺术科研、创作、教育三位为一体的发展战略宏图是其成立的历史背景。中国油画院的学术专家由在职画家和外聘画家两个部分组成，基本集成了当代中国油画的中坚力量。中国油画院以中国艺术研究院深厚的学术资源作为其宏阔根基，学术基点定位于尊崇永恒，宏扬经典；以承载和发展真、善、美为价值核心的大道艺术为己任；以审美作为艺术追求的永 恒核心。立足在这样的学术基点上，推进国际艺术交流，弘扬和发展具有中国特色的民族油画；推进中国油画艺术研究、创作和教育在当代中国以一个全新的姿态和方式全面展开，并逐渐引领中国油画艺术升华到一个更高更新的精神层面。中国油画院院长由当代中国著名油画家、博士生导师杨飞云教授担任。特约艺术顾问为：吴冠中先生、靳尚谊先生、詹建俊先生、钟涵先生、邵大箴先生、陈丹青先生。
The Chinese Academy of Oil Painting is an affiliate of the Chinese Academy of Arts, and is a national-level art institute for the creation, study and teaching of oil painting. It was founded on September 26, 2007. The Chinese Academy of Oil Painting is the first national oil painting academy since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It has its background in the development strategy of the Chinese Academy of Arts for an institute integrating art study, creation and education. The academic experts of the Chinese Academy of Oil Painting consist of resident artists and outside artists, essentially forming the backbone of contemporary Chinese oil painting. The Chinese Academy of Oil Painting uses the rich academic resources of the Chinese National Academy of Arts as its foundation, with the reverence of eternity and celebration of the classics as its academic basis; the inheritance and development of art centered on the values of truth, good, and beauty as its mission; and the pursuit of aesthetics as the eternal core of art. On these foundations, it advances international artistic exchange, develops and expands national oil painting with Chinese characteristics, promotes the brand-new development of Chinese oil painting study and creation in contemporary China, and gradually leads Chinese oil painting to a higher and newer spiritual level. Mr. Yang Feiyun, a renowned contemporary Chinese oil painter and doctorate supervisor, is the president of the Academy. Mr. Wu Guanzhong, Mr. Jin Shangyi, Mr. Zhan Jianjun, Mr. Zhong Han, Mr. Shao Dazhen and Mr. Chen Danqing are Special Artistic Advisors.
