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Tô Ngọc Vân

Vietnamese painter who taught resistance art and died at Điện Biên Phủ.

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Tô Ngọc Vân

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Tô Ngọc Vân (also known as Tô Tử) was a Vietnamese painter born on 15 December 1906 or 1908.[1] A crater on Mercury was named To Ngoc Van in his honour in 2009.[2]

Portrait of Tô Ngọc Vân
Portrait of Tô Ngọc Vân. Image: Gouvernement General de l'Indochine · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Life and work

He worked as a painting teacher at Bưởi school and as a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine.[3] He also served as principal of the Việt Bắc Art School.[3] Vân contributed cartoons on current events and social issues to the magazines of the Tự Lực văn đoàn literary group.[4] Locations such as Bangkok, Huế, and Phnom Penh appear in many of his paintings.[5]

Tô Ngọc Vân - Hồ Chủ Tịch làm việc tại Bắc Bộ Phủ (1946)
Tô Ngọc Vân - Hồ Chủ Tịch làm việc tại Bắc Bộ Phủ (1946). Image: Tô Ngọc Vân (1906-1954) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

During the conflict with the French, he instructed a resistance art class located in the northern zone.[6]

What the cited sources add

A series of articles by Tô Ngọc Vân was published in the magazine Thanh Nghị before 1945.[7] The same source notes that his articles are being reposted by the column "Trường phái và Vấn đề" of SOI.[7]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Tô Ngọc Vân" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: According to his signature on the painting Les Désabusées. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Tô Ngọc Vân" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: NASA "To Ngoc Van was named in 2009 in honor of the 20th century Vietnamese painter" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Tô Ngọc Vân" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lý Trực Dũng, "Biếm họa Việt Nam", NXB Mỹ Thuật, 2010, p. 38 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Tô Ngọc Vân" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lý Trực Dũng, "Biếm họa Việt Nam", NXB Mỹ Thuật, 2010, p. 39 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Tô Ngọc Vân" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Loạt bài của Tô Ngọc Vân trên tạp chí Thanh Nghị (1), Soi (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Tô Ngọc Vân" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tác phả̂m mỹ thuật sưu tập của bảo tàng mỹ thuật Việt Nam Bảo tàng mỹ thuật Việt Nam - 2002 "The sketches of the land reform, Vietnamese soldiers, the North-Wes; Bảo tàng mỹ thuật Việt Nam Trọng Thiềm Cao - 1999 "artist Tô Ngọc Vân became an artistic and cultural centre of the revolutionary base. ... Trần Văn Cẩn's woodc; Mark Philip Bradley, "Vietnam at War'", 2009, p. 63 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Loạt bài của Tô Ngọc Vân trên tạp chí Thanh Nghị (1), Soi. facts only, no text reused. soi.today

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Tô Ngọc Vân (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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1. In what year was Tô Ngọc Vân born?

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Not quite. The answer is 1906.

From the source: “Ngọc Vân was born on December 15, 1906 (although some sources record his birth in 1908) in Xuan Cau village, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province.”

2. In what year did Tô Ngọc Vân die?

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Not quite. The answer is 1954.

From the source: “228x228px|thumb|right|Girl with flower, 1943 Tô Ngọc Vân (蘇玉雲, 15 December 1906 or 1908 – 17 June 1954), also known as Tô Tử, was a Vietnamese painter. Several of his paintings are being displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts”

3. In which place was Tô Ngọc Vân born?

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Not quite. The answer is Hưng Yên.

From the source: “Ngọc Vân was born on December 15, 1906 (although some sources record his birth in 1908) in Xuan Cau village, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province.”

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