Tô Ngọc Vân
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Tô Ngọc Vân (蘇玉雲,[1] 15 December 1906 or 1908 – 17 June 1954), also known as Tô Tử, was a Vietnamese painter. Several of his paintings are being displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts.[2][3] He taught a resistance art class in the northern zone during the war with the French, and died as the result of injuries received at the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ.[4] He was among the first recipients of the Ho Chi Minh Prize in 1996.
Tô Ngọc Vân | |
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Born | 1906 |
Died | 1954 (48 years old) |
Nationality | Việt Nam |
Notable work | Younger lady beside tuberose |
Awards | Ho Chi Minh Prize |
He worked as painting teacher in Bưởi school, professor at the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine and principal of the Việt Bắc Art School and has had significant influence on a whole generation of artists in Vietnam.[5]
Vân contributed to the magazines of Tự Lực văn đoàn ("Self-Strengthening literary group") by drawing cartoons on current events, social issues, and everyday live.[6]
The To Ngoc Van (crater) on Mercury was named in his honour.[7]