上海美专在建校初期,设立函授教学。函授教育是民国早期一种有效的教育方式,上海美专在建校初期,学校建设不完备,教学设施不齐全,师资队伍也不壮大,函授教学就成为它传播美术的重要途径。然而,在《美术》杂志之前,上海美专在函授教学方面的努力与成就并没有得到有效的传播,上海美专对自身函授教 Shanghai United States in the early days of the school, the establishment of correspondence teaching. Correspondence education is an effective way of education in early Republic of China. At the initial stage of the establishment of the school in Shanghai, the school was incompletely constructed, the teaching facilities were not complete, and the teaching faculty was not strong either. Correspondence teaching became an important way for it to spread fine arts. However, prior to “Art Magazine”, Shanghai American College’s efforts and achievements in correspondence teaching did not get effective dissemination.