Tú Duyên, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tú Duyên

painter

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1915

Place of Birth: Bát Tràng, Vietnam

Date of Death: 03-May-2012

Profession: painter

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Nguy?n Van Duy?n, art name Tú Duyên (20 December 1915, in Bát Tràng, B?c Ninh – May 3, 2012) was a Vietnamese painter. Nguy?n Van Duy?n was born in the pottery village of Bát Tràng near Hanoi.
He first was a private student of Nam Son, then a student at the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine from 1935-1942.Duyên moved to Saigon in 1942, making silk and paper Ðông H? folk prints from finger-painted woodblocks.
His work is considered as having given new dimensions to traditional th? ?n h?a hand stamp paintings.
He submitted some of his prints to Saigon's newspapers and his illustrations began to feature in newspapers from the late 1940s.
His paintings drew subjects from literary work such as Truy?n Ki?u, the Chinh ph? ngâm of the poet Ð?ng Tr?n Côn, and popular folklore.
He had also drawn Vietnamese kings and other notable historical figures. The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts currently exhibits his work including nine paintings on canvas and 52 wood carving plaques