Bùi Xuân Phái (September 1, 1920 – June 24, 1988) was a

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. He is famous for the paintings of Hanoi Old Quarter. He also painted the actors and musicians of Vietnamese opera.

Biography

The best known of all Vietnamese modern painters, Phai is respected and admired for both his art and moral character. He epitomizes for the Vietnamese the lone artist suffering for his art: he lost his teaching position at the

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in 1957 for supporting Nhân Văn affair a movement for political and cultural freedom and was not allowed to show his work in public until a solo exhibition in 1984. However, in 1996, he was posthumously awarded with a Hồ Chí Minh prize. Bui Xuan Phai unfortunately died in 1988, in Hanoi, the place of his birth.

Family

* Spouse : Nguyễn Thị Sính * Issues : Bùi Thanh Phương (second son)

Tribute

On 1 September 2019, Phái was honored by a

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in Vietnam, on his 99th birthday.

Gallery

Among others he is exhibited by Hanoi art gallerist Huỳnh Thống Nhất. File:Hanoï 1946, Bui-xuan-Phai.jpg, Hanoi 1946 File:Bui Xuan Phai Hang be street.jpg, Phố Hàng Bè - Hang Be Street, gouache on paper

In popular culture

* Hanoi Streets by Bui-xuan-Phai * Bui Xuan Phai - For the Love of Hanoi Awards

References