Bui Xuan Phai (September 1, 1920 – June 24, 1988) was a one of the most well known painter of Vietnam. He is especially famous for a grat number of painting featuring Hanoi’s Old Quarter.
His original hometown is Kim Hoang village of, Van Canh commune, Hoai Duc district, Ha Dong province (now becoming a part of the capital). He graduated from Indochina Arts College class 1946. He actively took part in resistance as well as exhibitors in many places. In 1952, he went back to Hanoi, living at no. 87 Thuoc Bac Street house for the rest of his life. From 1956 to 1957, Bui Xuan Phai taught at Vietnam University of Fine Arts in Hanoi. However, due to joining Nhan Van Giai Pham movement, he was forced to resign his teaching at the university.
Bui Xuan Phai was one of the painters of the last students generation of Indochina Fine Arts College along with the others painters including Nguyen Sang, Nguyen Tu Nghiem, Duong Bich Lien. All of those are the name of people who made a significantly important influence on the development of Vietnam modern art. Bui Xuan Phai specialized in oil painting and had a great passion for Old Quarter of Hanoi. His art works have been admired and gained fondness from the mass.
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Bui Xuan Phai’s paintings not only possess ancient beauty but also are very real. They reflect the soul of Hanoi’s ancient streets of the 50s, 60s, 70s. The colors in his arts often have bold borders which made the painting streets become alive and closer to the people. Those paintings all carry a deep art inside in every brush stroke. When enjoy the picturesque old town in Bui Xuan Phai’s art works, people can sense that the artist put a lot of his feeling in the paintings.
Ancient Street
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