Art lovers will forever remember Cong Quoc Ha, whose paintings of streets and women embody the spirit of Hanoi. He is also a person who made lacquer art modern and sparkling.
Painter Cong Quoc Ha was born in 1955 in Hanoi. He is a son of Hanoi's Old Quarter, a profound, thoughtful, and talented artist of Hanoi. Painter Cong Quoc Ha is an excellent former student of the Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts." That is a satisfactory assessment of Cong Quoc Ha, a typical face of contemporary painting, when friends and relatives had to suddenly say goodbye to him in December 2024.
After a long time living, working and creating art abroad, the artist returned to Vietnam, initially planning for a short time. But perhaps, his homeland held back the artist's footsteps so that he could freely create works about Hanoi, its streets, flowers and beautiful people in his final years. In 2022, the artist had a solo exhibition called "Half a Century of Hanoi's Paintings" at the University of Industrial Fine Arts on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the school's founding.
The artist actively participates in creative activities with many art groups, participates in many creative camps, and tries his hand at all artistic materials. From oil painting, lacquer to sculpture and ceramics. His work intensity and extreme passion for art in recent years are indeed too urgent, like some kind of premonition?
After exactly 10 years of living with his family in Sweden, fate led him back to Hanoi to convey his remaining affection to this land. No one, including himself, looking at his creativity could imagine that this man would suddenly stop, leaving behind for the world a unique Cong Quoc Ha style, a unique Cong Quoc Ha painting. And the paintings are beautiful and humble, like the artist's personality.
Artist Cong Quoc Ha was born in 1955 in Hanoi. In 1979, he graduated from the Lacquer Department of the University of Industrial Fine Arts. He is a famous lacquer painter, has received many awards, has many works preserved at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and regularly participates in national and international exhibitions. In 2005, artist Cong Quoc Ha founded the Hanoi Art House in Kisa (Sweden) - a place to display collections and exhibitions of art and cultural works, especially about Vietnamese culture. Since 2012, he and his family have lived and worked in Sweden.
In 2024, artist Cong Quoc Ha planned to hold a solo exhibition with many new creations, not only paintings but also sculptures, but this plan has not been completed yet.
Painter Cong Quoc Ha has won many art awards such as Medal for the cause of Vietnamese culture, Medal for the cause of Vietnamese fine arts, Metropolitan Art Exhibition (Hanoi Fine Arts Association)...
For Dai Doan Ket newspaper and Tinh Hoa Viet publication, artist Cong Quoc Ha is an active collaborator. He does not hesitate to illustrate the newspaper's publications, especially the Spring newspaper, with all the enthusiasm of an artist.
Pho II is one of the typical works of artist Cong Quoc Ha on the theme of Hanoi's Old Quarter, currently on display at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. Cong Quoc Ha's street has roads, street corners, and small alleys with unique and beautiful architecture that captivates the artist's soul.
Pho II captures the sunset scene of an old quarter of Hanoi. The mossy, ancient quality of the old quarter is expressed by the author through geometric shapes, minimalist but rhythmic blocks, combined with strong lines to create a modern composition. The color of the sunset is gilded with sparkling gold on the roof tiles, walls, and windows. Trees are used in combination and interwoven between eggshell white, green, black, orange, sometimes dark, sometimes light, creating a harmonious whole, giving viewers a feeling of warmth, antiquity - the eternal vitality of the land of culture and the gentle, charming beauty of Hanoi people.
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