近百年的上海,以开放的意识,接纳各种先进文化,形成具有鲜明地域特色的文化大都市。近代和现代的上海工艺美术,在这样一种社会氛围下,广泛吸纳各地技艺精华,逐渐培育出有“海派”特色的工艺品种和技艺,同时出现了一批高水平的工艺家。这一批工艺家,是我们的国宝,是上海工艺美术行业的标志性人物。徐宝庆20世纪30年代,徐家汇土山湾天主教堂开办工艺院,教授西洋艺术的技艺技法,许多本地人入内学艺,接触西方艺术。现代木雕工艺家 Nearly a hundred years of Shanghai, with an open mind, to accept a variety of advanced culture, the formation of distinctive regional characteristics of the cultural metropolis. Modern and modern Shanghai arts and crafts, in such a social atmosphere, extensively absorb the essence of art around, and gradually cultivate a “Shanghai style ” characteristics of varieties and techniques, at the same time there was a group of high-level craftsmen. This group of artists, is our national treasure, is the Shanghai Arts and Crafts industry’s iconic figure. Xu Baoqing 1930s, Xujiahui Tushanwan Catholic Church set up craft school, taught Western art techniques, many natives into the art, exposure to Western art. Modern carving artist