VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition featuring works by famed overseas Vietnamese artist Van Duong Thanh is on display at the National Village Museum located in Bucharest, Romania.

Vietnamese artist Van Duong Thanh stands next to her works displayed at the National Village Museum located in Bucharest, Romania. — Photo dantri.com.vn

At least 40 paintings of different sizes, painted by Thanh in the last five years, portray the various sceneries in Viet Nam’s rural and urban areas, as well as Romania’s palaces, monasteries and forests.

Entitled Huong Sac Viet Nam (Viet Nam’s Beauty), the exhibition is the highlight of Vietnamese Culture Day, which aims to introduce Viet Nam’s culture to visitors at the National Village Museum.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Thanh expressed her delight that her works were being exhibited at the national museum. The artist also thanked Tran Thanh Cong, Viet Nam’s ambassador to Romania, Dumitru Olaru, former Romanian Ambassador to Viet Nam, staffs of Viet Nam’s Embassy in Romania, the Romina’s national museum and Vietnamese students in Romania for their contributions to the exhibition.

Ambassador Cong congratulated her on the opening of the exhibition and her creativity, which would promote Viet Nam’s arts and culture to the world.

Viet Nam’s Beauty will be open until July 2.

Considered among Asia’s talented international female artists, Thanh grew up in Ha Noi and studied for 12 years at l’Ecole de Beaux Arts, Indochine and at the Academy of Fine Arts. She is based in Sweden.

Through her distinctive style of using a subtle combination of Asian and European heritage in which Western techniques depict traditional motif of the natural world, women, children and flowers in more than 1,600 paintings, Thanh successfully inspires a large number of both domestic and international art lovers. The harmonious composition of vibrant colours, reflection of its emotional value and touches of expressive semi-abstraction make her paintings unique.

She has received, among other awards, the highly regarded ’International Excellence of Art of CFMI’, USA-France in 1995 and 1997, and ’Glory of the Nation’ in 2007. 

VNS