Series of painting exhibitions about the late painter Huynh Phuong Dong

NDO - The exhibition series is jointly organized by museums, the family of the late painter Huynh Phuong Dong and SANN - The House of Art, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Indochina College of Fine Arts (1925-2025), and the 100th anniversary of the birth of painter Huynh Phuong Dong (1925-2015).

Báo Nhân dân•13/03/2025

The exhibition will open at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts on March 15, then take place at the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts (April 10), the City Exhibition Hall (March 20) and a special location (to be announced later), scheduled for April 22.

In addition, a book series (expected to include 10 books) about Huynh Phuong Dong's works is expected to be released on April 30.

From more than 3,000 works (including materials and sketches), the Huynh Phuong Dong Journey exhibition series has chosen to display more than 700 works at the 4 locations mentioned above, which will become the largest exhibition event about Huynh Phuong Dong ever.

Through this series of exhibitions, art lovers can see that artist Huynh Phuong Dong is a person who has devoted his entire life to painting. He is also conscious of preserving his works, so today we have the opportunity to look back at his interesting and continuous painting journey.

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Artist Huynh Phuong Dong. (Photo: BTC)

Painter Huynh Phuong Dong (1925-2015) is often assumed to be associated with resistance and propaganda, but when coming to the exhibition series Huynh Phuong Dong's Journey, you will see that it is not only that.

Audiences will see a diverse and multifaceted Huynh Phuong Dong, from wartime landscape sketches to peacetime landscape sketches - building the country, from people in war, through war and returning to daily life, from trips across Vietnam to trips to many countries in the world, from formal portraits to nude paintings...

Coming to the exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, we will see the extent of the travel of artist Huynh Phuong Dong. He traveled almost throughout the war, through many provinces and cities, traveling to find meaningful and livable moments. When peace was restored, he traveled to paint many countries, from the Soviet Union (Russia), Cuba, China, Laos, Cambodia... to Canada, France, Italy... He even went to remote places where there were no roads. Here, in addition to the works, viewers can also see other memorabilia and letters.

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The work "Em Van and Em Dung" by artist Huynh Phuong Dong. (Photo: Organizing Committee)

At the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, the organizers introduced works that the family and SANN - The House of Art brought out for maintenance and restoration. Viewers will see a Huynh Phuong Dong of multiple materials, of sketches from art classes in the war zone, of award-winning works...

At a special location (to be announced later) there will be portraits of wartime guerrillas, portraits of soldiers and officers, generals, and major battles such as Binh Gia, La Nga...

Another highlight of the exhibition series is at the City Exhibition Hall, where SANN - The House of Art will bring emotional, noble and humane wartime stories. The characters in the paintings go from wartime to peacetime, their peaceful moments, their everyday moments... further enhancing the value of sacrifice and peace.

In this exhibition series, viewers will have the opportunity to enjoy portraits of 8 generals and many famous artists and intellectuals; see a special work depicting Dong Nai from above, like the way we use flycam cameras to observe the landscape today...

In addition, the organizers also displayed documents, postcards, souvenirs, artifacts, propaganda paintings, stamps, etc. to better understand the living context and feelings of Huynh Phuong Dong.

Painter Huynh Phuong Dong's birth name is Huynh Cong Nhan, born on April 22, 1925 in Binh Hoa-Gia Dinh, originally from Ke An-Ke Sach, Soc Trang province. He was a painter-soldier who participated in both the resistance wars against the French and the Americans.

Huynh Phuong Dong is not only the name of the son of painter Huynh Cong Nhan, but also his alias since 1963, when he crossed Truong Son to the battlefield in the Southeast, working at the Liberation Painting Department (B11). After the country's reunification on April 30, 1975, until 2015, he still used this alias as his official pen name for his artistic activities.

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