NGUYỄN SÁNG (1923 – 1988)
Artist Nguyễn Sáng (1923 – 1988)
Biography:
- Artist Nguyễn Sáng was born in 1923, August 1
- Hometown: Điều Hòa, Mỹ Tho (now in Tiền Giang)
- He was a student of Gia Định Fine Arts College, class 1936 – 1938, then Indochina Fine Arts College, class XIV (1941 – 1945)
- 1945: Participated in seizing power at the Imperial Envoy Palace in Hà Nội. Drawn propaganda posters, participated in exhibitions celebrating the success of the revolution, and designed banknotes for the Ministry of Finance of the provisional government
- 1946: Stayed in the North to join the resistance war against France
- 1950 – 1952: Worked at Propaganda Board of General Political Department, made victory propaganda lithographs and woodcuts
- 1953 – 1954: Participated in Điện Biên Phủ campaign. Then came to Hà Nội, made a series of lacquer paintings on the topic of the army in Điện Biên Phủ, Cao Bắc Lạng campaign in Việt Bắc
- 1954 – 1986: Lived in Hà Nội
- He died in 1988, December 12
- Streets in Mỹ Tho (Tiền Giang) and Đà Nẵng are named after him
Celebrated:
- Order of Independence, Third Class
- First prize of National Fine Arts Exhibition 1954
The enemy burned my village. 1954. Oil. 85,7 × 129,5 cm. Collection of Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum
Soldiers taking shelter from the rain. 1960. Lacquer. 70 × 100 cm. Collection of Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum
Bronze wall of the Fatherland. 1967 – 1978. Lacquer. 120× 240 cm. Collection of Hồ Chí Minh City Fine Arts Museum. National Treasure 2013
Party admission in Điện Biên Phủ trenches. 1964. Lacquer. 112,3 × 180 cm. Collection of Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum. National Treasure 2013
Girl and lotus. 1972. Oil. 94,5 × 128 m. Collection of Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum
