Painter Le Mai

Painter Le Mai was born and raised in Phuong Vy village, Quang commune Linh, now Tien Trang commune (Quang Xuong). From a young age, he showed talent painting. Growing up in the army, the iron pen was attached to him on the battlefield. each In his leisure time, he used an iron pen to draw moments, villages, The village has passed... Currently, the iron pen is always a close friend with him diligently creating valuable works of art.

Stick to the iron pen, painter Le Mai considers this as a second weapon to capture real moments. Le Mai became a famous painter famous at that time because viewers felt the strangeness and rarity in the pictures his pencil drawings. Many experts consider him to be one of the few the person who drew pictures with a stylus the longest and has a large number of drawings with a stylus most ever. More than 50 years of writing experience and about 700 sketches, sketches on different topics.

In addition to topics on revolutionary war and portraits, Artist Le Mai is also particularly successful in depicting themes about the countryside Vietnam. Passion for the homeland has created a source of creative inspiration non-stop for painters. Those are the sketches: the warehouse cooperates on the 1960; village entrance; Sunlight at the gate of the forest Warehouse of cooperation years 60; Village entrance; Sunshine at the door of the forest; The peacock in the harvest; Afternoon sunshine Hoang Chemistry; The road to the land of Thanh,. In most of the paintings by artist Le Mai, the landscape Vietnamese villages Always arouse in people's hearts the beautiful, close close, simple and emotional.

After graduating from Thanh Hoa Forestry Intermediate School in 1966-1969, working at the Forestry Department (now the Thanh Hoa Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) for 2 years, he joined the army as called. sacredness of the Fatherland. In 1976, he was discharged from the army and worked at Tsinghua Fine Arts Company before returning to the Provincial House of Culture. In 1978, Le Mai continued to carry a backpack to fight in the southwestern and northern border. He was discharged from the army in 1982, and has been active until now.

During the war, he worked in the Staff Room of the 219th Engineer Brigade of the 2nd Army Corps stationed in Binh - Tri - Thien. At that time, he was assigned the task of drawing military maps to help with actual reconnaissance. He draws with a stylus and a black Kowloon ink bottle. The first lines that appear in his paintings are sketches of soldiers marching to battle, or just a few battles... But they have realistically recreated the fierce and spiritual battle, the fighting, the hope. heroic life of our army on the battlefield. He used an iron pen and a black Kowloon ink bottle to draw.