Tô Ngọc Vân
Tô Ngọc Vân (born December 15, 1906 , according to other sources 1908 in the province of Hưng Yên ; † June 17, 1954 in or near Điện Biên Phủ ), also known by his scholarly name Tô Tử , was a Vietnamese painter.
life and work
Ngọc Vân was born in 1906, according to other sources, in 1908 in the North Vietnamese village of Xuân Cầu in the province of Hưng Yên, not far from Hanoi . Coming from a poor background, he began studying painting in 1926 at the École des beaux-arts de l'Indochine , which had been founded only a year earlier, and graduated in 1931.
Ngọc Vân undertook numerous study trips inside and outside of French Indochina , which took him to Bangkok , Huế and Phnom Penh , among others . As professor of painting at the École des beaux-arts de l'Indochine and head of the École d'art Việt Bắc , To Ngoc Van shaped an entire generation of Vietnamese visual artists. He was also active as an art critic.
During the Indochina War Ngọc Vân participated in various ways in the resistance of the Vietnamese independence movement and died on June 17, 1954 injuries sustained in the Battle of umiện Biên Phủ .
Works by Ngọc Vân are now exhibited in the Vietnamese National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi and in the Museum of Fine Arts in Ho Chi Minh City .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.eyegalleryvn.com/cms/Life-Of-Famous-Artist-To-Ngoc-Van-ptarget-view-pid-33.html (accessed on September 22, 2019) According to other sources, the degree was completed already after two years due to exceptional academic success, cf. Entry in the English language Wikipedia .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tô, Ngoc Van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | To, do |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vietnamese painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1906 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1954 |
| Place of death | Điện Biên Phủ |