Painter Nam Son

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Nam Son

Living place: Ha Noi

Birthday: 15-2-1890

Global rank: #84011

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Who is Painter Nam Son?
Painter Nam Son was born Nguyen Van Tho. He is a famous painter and has made great contributions to contemporary Vietnamese Fine Arts. He and the French painter Tardieu (V. Tardieu) were the two founders of the Fine Arts College Indochina.
Painter Nam Son died in 1973 in Hanoi.
In 1923, Painter Nam Son participated in the first exhibition in Hanoi with 4 oil paintings: Still Life, Confucian House of the North, Co. Bac Ky girl, Old man Kim Lien. These are the first oil paintings of Vietnamese painting. In 1930, Nam Son and his painting "Rice Market on the Red River" participated in the Paris Painting Exhibition. In the exhibition "Rice Market on the Red River" is the first and only painting of Vietnam that France bought and displayed at the French National Museum of Fine Arts. In 1946, he was invited by the Ministry of National Education of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to become an advisor of the Institute of Ancient Uncle Ho. In 1957, the Vietnam Fine Arts Association was established, painter Nam Son was elected to the Executive Committee, and held the title for 16 years until his death
In 1998, three works of artist Nam Son were selected. participated in the exhibition "Vietnamese Spring" in Paris - France organized by the Ministry of Culture and Information of Vietnam and the Paris City Hall. Also in 1998, the book "Voyager Magazine" was published in Paris introduced about this exhibition and in the article was printed the Portrait of a Farmer by Nam Son with the comment written right on the work: "Only To this day, after so many years of being forgotten, Vietnamese painters have forced people to respect them." After 25 years of painter Nam Son's death, he was posthumously awarded the Medal "For the Cause of Fine Arts" by the Vietnam Fine Arts Association in 1998.
In the works of painter Nam Son, he was influenced by many things. by the painting background of Japan and China, but his main tendency is European classical. During his composing career, Nam Son has left over 400 works in various genres and has many impressive and high-value works. Some typical works such as:
  • Oil painting "Cho Gao on the Red River" painted in 1930 participated in the Paris Exhibition of Painting, bought by the French State and displayed at the Museum of Art. The French National Museum of Fine Arts.
  • The oil painting "Portrait of my mother" won the silver medal at the International Exhibition of Fine Arts - Paris in 1932.
  • The engraving 7-color wood "White Stork and Goldfish" painted in 1929, received a Roman certificate of merit in 1932.
  • Oil painting "Confucian Portrait" painted in 1923 is one of the oil paintings. The first pastel painting of Vietnamese painting, "Portrait of Sung warm Tuong", painted in 1927, is the first painting of Vietnamese painting in this field.
  • Silk painting "Going to the market" painted in 1927.
  • Silk painting "Rural maiden" was purchased in 1935 by the French Ministry of Education and Fine Arts.
  • The book "Chinese painting" printed in French "La peinture chinoise", is the first book on fine art published in Vietnam. Printed on weekly newspaper "Van Nghe" - Hanoi.
 
 

Young / Before famous

As a child, painter Nam Son studied Confucianism and studied drawing with the Confucianists Pham Nhu Binh and Nguyen Si Duc. He was exposed to the ancient oriental painting art from a very early age. After graduating from Buoi School, Nam Son joined the Indochina Finance Department. In his spare time, he often paints illustrations for newspapers and textbooks.

Family life info

Painter Nam Son comes from a family in Hanoi. His father was the Secretary of the Tonkin Office of Tonkin but died early when Nam Son was only 4 years old. After his father's death, his mother raised her son alone, she was ruled by the king Ban Kim Khanh engraved 4 words "Tet Hanh Kha Phong" to praise.

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When was Painter Nam Son born?
Nam Son was born in 15-2-1890, death day is 26/01/1973, at the age of 83.
Where is Painter Nam Son's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Nam Son was born in Ha Noi, of Vietnam. Mr, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. Nam Son's global rank is 84011 and whose rank is 378 in list of famous Painter.
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Portrait of painter Nam Son
Portrait of painter Nam Son
 Image of painter Nam Son in 1919
Image of painter Nam Son in 1919
 The painting "Rice market on the Red River" by artist Nam Son
The painting "Rice market on the Red River" by artist Nam Son

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Birthday Nam Son (15-2) in history

  • Day 15-2 year 1764: The St. Louis was established. But at that time, it was just a French fur trading station.
  • Day 15-2 year 1879: President Rutherford Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
  • Day 15-2 year 1898: USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor, touching off the Spanish-American War.
  • Day 15-2 year 1913: The New York Armory Show opened, introducing America to Picasso, Duchamp, and Matisse.
  • Day 15-2 year 1933: Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in an assassination attempt on president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami.
  • Day 15-2 year 1965: The Maple Leaf Flag officially became the new national flag of Canada.
  • Day 15-2 year 1989: More than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan almost 10 years after the USSR invaded the country.
  • Day 15-2 year 2002: Olympics officials resolved the judging scandal by awarding Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier a gold medal while allowing the Russians, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, to keep their medal.
  • Day 15-2 year 2003: Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated against the threat of a U.S. war on Iraq.
  • Day 15-2 year 2012: A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras killed 360.
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