Artist Nguyen Sang

Biography

Painter Nguyen Sang (01/8/1923 – 16/12/1988)

He was an exhibition at the L’ Louvre Museum, Paris 1999.

Nguyen Sang is from the air -conditioned village, Tien Giang province. He was born into a family of knowledge and graduated from Indochina Fine Arts College. He lived and worked in a small room at the number 65 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi. Year (1936 – 1938) He studied at Gia Dinh Fine Arts School, Then study XIV at Indochina Fine Arts School. He is an innovative in the field of oil painting, Especially lacquer. Besides, He also successfully exploited the style of modern European painting art. Month 8/1945, He participated in the revolution in Hanoi. At the end of the month 12 year 1946, He used his strokes to serve the resistance war at the Viet Bac war zone.

Year 1954, Painters To Ngoc Van, Si Ngoc, Duong Bich Lien joined him to participate in the Dien Bien Phu campaign. In 9 These five resistance wars, the painter who accompanied the heroic war , He lived as a soldier and strong inspiration of the sacred war images into the works of

. Resistance 9 The year has helped Nguyen Sang understand and empathize with the fate of the people, soldier. This is also the stage when his painting talent is developed the highest.

From year 1954 – 1980, He created a series of oil paintings and large lacquer paintings and left the Vietnamese revolutionary art many works. Nguyen Sang's paintings in any genre, He has achieved success and is considered a typical artist of Vietnamese art, is a harmonious combination between modernity and national cultural quintessence.

Along with Nguyen Gia Tri Nguyen Tu Nghiem, Nguyen Sang is one of the great trees for Vietnamese lacquer art. His paintings are showed by strong images and colors , simple, And modern, Drawed by all sincere heart and rare talent .

He is the master of description, Not only emphasize the characters and personality characteristics but also draw on many different topics. Such as "young woman on the lotus" , and the beautiful scenery of ancient temples, palatial (Pho Minh Tower), The majestic mountains, majestic (Pac bouquet), Peaceful countryside scenes, calm (Young women in the banana garden), Folk games (Buffalo, wrestling). With a great talent but he had a poor life and lonely died in Ho Chi Minh City,

His paintings were admired by the monks as well as the auctions.