Bui Xuan Phai
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Bui Xuan Phai was a Vietnamese
painter
. He is famous for the paintings of Hanoi Old Quarter.
The best known of all Vietnamese modern painters, Bui Xuan Phai is respected and admired for both his art and moral character. He epitomizes for the Vietnamese the lone artist suffering for his art: he lost his teaching position at the Hanoi College of Fine Arts in 1957 for supporting Nhân Văn affair
a movement for political and cultural freedom and was not allowed to show his work in public until a solo exhibition in 1984.http://iapone.org/Pages/Phai_SITES.html.
However, he was awarded posthumously Ho Chi Minh prize in 1996, the highest national prize in Vietnam. Among others he is exhibited by Hanoi art gallerist Huynh Thong Nhat.
Vietnamese people
The Vietnamese people are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
. He is famous for the paintings of Hanoi Old Quarter.
The best known of all Vietnamese modern painters, Bui Xuan Phai is respected and admired for both his art and moral character. He epitomizes for the Vietnamese the lone artist suffering for his art: he lost his teaching position at the Hanoi College of Fine Arts in 1957 for supporting Nhân Văn affair
Nhân Van affair
The Nhân Văn affair was a political controversy in North Vietnam in the late 1950s. Following a loosening of political restrictions with some similarities to the Chinese Hundred Flowers Campaign, there was a hardening of attitudes...
a movement for political and cultural freedom and was not allowed to show his work in public until a solo exhibition in 1984.http://iapone.org/Pages/Phai_SITES.html.
However, he was awarded posthumously Ho Chi Minh prize in 1996, the highest national prize in Vietnam. Among others he is exhibited by Hanoi art gallerist Huynh Thong Nhat.