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50/60/70's North After gaining the independence from the French in 1945, Viet Nam chose to follow a socialist road and went through many harsh years of ravaged war first against the French and later the American. The government controlled all branches of art to fit with the politics of the nation and the mobilization of the mass during the war years. Painting, as well as other art media, was created for the single purpose of promoting patriotic and revolutionary ideals. Art trends such as nude, abstraction and surrealism were banned or discouraged from view as they were accused as products of Western capitalism. Many works produced in this period were propagandistic in nature and centered on the theme of the worker-peasant-soldier in a socialist-realism context. Not until the early 1980's that the country began to move away from this 'nationalized' position for a broader, more liberal and individualistic approach to creative arts. |
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Nguyen Duc Nung (1914-1983) transformed traditional lacquer painting toward European realism. A noted art researcher and instructor, he is the editor of several books on the Vietnamese classical arts
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Nguyen Do Cung (1912-1977): Painter and art researcher. Founder of the Fine Art Museum of Viet Nam in Ha Noi (1966).
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Bui Xuan Phai (1921-1988) founded the beauty of old Hanoi and expressed it with dense, diverse and highly expressive colors. His portraits are affecting.
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Nguyen Tu Nghiem (b. 1922): One of the eminent representatives of Vietnamese painting of the 20th century. His paintings successfully combine traditional Vietnamese themes and motifs with modern lines and sharp angles. His style had great influence on the younger generation of artist of the 80 and 90's.
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Nguyen Sang (1923-1988) authored monumental compositions with great ideological vision.
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Dang Duc Sinh (b. 1927) painted little but his works were filled with profound ideas and intense emotion.
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Cong Nhan (b. 1931)
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