西泠书画院现址“湖天一碧”楼,早年属于犹太商人哈同在西湖边建造的花园——“罗苑”的一部分,沈山面湖,确实是一块风水宝地。当年身为国民政府大学院院长的蔡元培先生要以美育代宗教在西湖边成立国立艺术院(中国美术学院的前身),首先便相中了这里,这也就是国立艺术院的诞生地。后来美术学院迁至南山路,“湖天一碧”这座两层的小 The site of Xiling Painting and Calligraphy Institute is located at the site of “Hutian Tianbi”. The early years belonged to the garden built by Jewish businessman Ha with the West Lake - part of “Luo Yuan”. At that time, as a dean of the National Government University, Mr. Cai Yuanpei wanted to establish a national art academy (the predecessor of the China Academy of Art) by aesthetical education on the West Lake with the aid of aesthetics. This was the birthplace of the National Academy of Arts. Art Academy was later moved to Nanshan Road, “Lake days a Bi ” This two-story small