About Nguyễn Sáng
Lived 1923 – 1988 (aged 65). Nguyễn Sáng was a Vietnamese painter.
Nguyễn Sáng (1923, in Tien Giang Province – 1988, in Ho Chi Minh City) was a Vietnamese painter. He was a graduate of the 1940–1945 class of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine. His favorite medias were pumice lacquer and oil paint. Although not overtly political, Sáng was reluctant and unenthusiastic about the new communist society in his paintings. He was posthumously awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize in 1996.
Works Self-portrait, 1956 Portrait of Painter Duong Bich Lien, 1964 Some of his works are in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi.
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Who was Nguyễn Sáng?
Vietnamese painter (1923–1988)
When was Nguyễn Sáng born?
Nguyễn Sáng was born on 1 August 1923 in Mỹ Tho.
When did Nguyễn Sáng die?
Nguyễn Sáng died on 16 December 1988 in Ho Chi Minh City.
What was Nguyễn Sáng's occupation?
Nguyễn Sáng was a painter.
What nationality was Nguyễn Sáng?
Nguyễn Sáng was Vietnamese.
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