Vietnamese artist Van Duong Thanh stands next to her works displayed at the National Village Museum located in Bucharest, Romania (Photo: dantri.com.vn )Hanoi (VNA) - An exhibition featuring works by famed overseasVietnamese artist Van Duong Thanh is being displayed at the National VillageMuseum located in Bucharest, Romania.
At least 40 paintings of different sizes, painted by Thanh in thelast five years, portray the various sceneries in Vietnam’s rural and urbanareas, as well as Romania’s palaces, monasteries and forests.
Entitled Huong Sac Vietnam (Vietnam’s Beauty),the exhibition is the highlight of Vietnamese Culture Day, which aims tointroduce Vietnam’s culture to visitors at the National Village Museum.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Thanh expressed her delight thather works were being exhibited at the national museum. The artist also thankedTran Thanh Cong, Vietnam’s ambassador to Romania, Dumitru Olaru, formerRomanian Ambassador to Vietnam, staffs of Vietnam’s Embassy in Romania, the Romanianational museum and Vietnamese students in Romania for their contributions tothe exhibition.
Ambassador Cong congratulated her on the opening of the exhibitionand her creativity, which would promote Vietnam’s arts and culture to theworld.
Vietnam’s Beauty will be open untilJuly 2.
Considered among Asia’s talented international female artists, Thanhgrew up in Hanoi and studied for 12 years at l’Ecole de Beaux Arts, Indochineand at the Academy of Fine Arts. She is based in Sweden.
Through her distinctive style of using a subtle combination ofAsian and European heritage in which Western techniques depict traditionalmotif of the natural world, women, children and flowers in more than 1,600paintings, Thanh successfully inspires a large number of both domestic andinternational art lovers. The harmonious composition of vibrant colours,reflection of its emotional value and touches of expressive semi-abstractionmake her paintings unique.
She has received, among other awards, the highly regarded’International Excellence of Art of CFMI’, USA-France in 1995 and 1997, and’Glory of the Nation’ in 2007.-VNA
At least 40 paintings of different sizes, painted by Thanh in thelast five years, portray the various sceneries in Vietnam’s rural and urbanareas, as well as Romania’s palaces, monasteries and forests.
Entitled Huong Sac Vietnam (Vietnam’s Beauty),the exhibition is the highlight of Vietnamese Culture Day, which aims tointroduce Vietnam’s culture to visitors at the National Village Museum.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Thanh expressed her delight thather works were being exhibited at the national museum. The artist also thankedTran Thanh Cong, Vietnam’s ambassador to Romania, Dumitru Olaru, formerRomanian Ambassador to Vietnam, staffs of Vietnam’s Embassy in Romania, the Romanianational museum and Vietnamese students in Romania for their contributions tothe exhibition.
Ambassador Cong congratulated her on the opening of the exhibitionand her creativity, which would promote Vietnam’s arts and culture to theworld.
Vietnam’s Beauty will be open untilJuly 2.
Considered among Asia’s talented international female artists, Thanhgrew up in Hanoi and studied for 12 years at l’Ecole de Beaux Arts, Indochineand at the Academy of Fine Arts. She is based in Sweden.
Through her distinctive style of using a subtle combination ofAsian and European heritage in which Western techniques depict traditionalmotif of the natural world, women, children and flowers in more than 1,600paintings, Thanh successfully inspires a large number of both domestic andinternational art lovers. The harmonious composition of vibrant colours,reflection of its emotional value and touches of expressive semi-abstractionmake her paintings unique.
She has received, among other awards, the highly regarded’International Excellence of Art of CFMI’, USA-France in 1995 and 1997, and’Glory of the Nation’ in 2007.-VNA
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