Titled "Between Two Centuries," the exhibition featuring silk paintings, watercolors and sketches is being held at the French Institute in Hanoi from October 22 to November 22.

"Em Be Han Quoc" (South Korean Baby) by Mong Bich.

Portraits of painter Tran Van Can, a beggar Bich met on the street, or a scene from her village are among the works on display. Art lovers also have the opportunity to listen to the stories behind each work narrated by the painter herself.

One of her two sons, artist Bui Hoai Mai, says this of his mother: "Her painting is neither a political tool, nor a means of subsistence or a means of leaving a personal mark. For her, painting is simply the love of beauty and perseverance behind the easel."

Artist Mong Bich.

Bich is an embodiment of change in Vietnamese art and history over the past century, Professor Nora Taylor of the Chicago Fine Arts Academy once said.

She was born in Hanoi in 1931 and graduated from Hanoi College of Fine Arts in 1970.

Bich is among the few female artists of her time to have won major awards. Her painting "Me Va Con" (Mother And Child) won first prize at a Viet Bac Interzone Department of Culture exhibit in 1961, while "Ba Gia" (Old Grandmother) won the top prize at the Vietnam Fine Arts Association show in 1993.

Exhibition highlighting Vietnamese land and people opens in Rumania

The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania opened a photo exhibition on the Vietnamese land and people in the capital city Bucharest on September 18 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam National Day (September 2, 1945-2020).

Exhibition on 'The Tale of Kieu' held in Paris

An exhibition titled ‘The Tale of Kieu and its translations’ was opened in Paris on September 12 as part of the activities to mark the great poet Nguyen Du's 255th birth anniversary and commemorate his 200th death anniversary.

Exhibition introduces draft designs of emblem of Vietnam

More than 100 draft designs in pencil and colour of the emblem of Vietnam by late painter Bui Trang Chuoc (1915-1992) are being displayed to the public at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi on August 25.

Exhibition to spotlight land and people of ASEAN countries

A photo exhibition entitled “ASEAN people and countries” will be held in Hanoi on September 1 to mark the 75th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2, 1945 – 2020).

Vietnamese goods exhibition centre inaugurated in Thailand

The Business Association of Thai-Vietnam (BAOTV) inaugurated the Vietnamese Goods Exhibition Centre at VT-Namnueng shopping mall in the Thai northeastern province of Udon Thani on August 23.

Source: VnExpress