1. 用其编者的话来说，这次活动至少有两种意义：一、介绍西洋绘画知识，扩大眼光，使得认清自己，认清他人，洞悉利弊之所在，而知所取舍；二、比较中西艺术之质量，究其盛衰之所当然，而知所警励，努力以谋取我国艺术之复兴。
The significance of the activity, according to the organizer, is first to introduce Western painting in order to know about ourselves and other nations so that wise choices can be made, and second, to make a comparative study of the quality of both Chinese and Western art in order to know the reasons of their rise and fall so that our national art can be revived.