Dương Bích Liên (17 July 1924 – 12 December 1988) was a Vietnamese

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

. He is reported to have drunk himself to death.Art of Vietnam: Catherine Noppe, Jean-François Hubert - 2003 -"... Tran Dinh Tho, V6 Lang and Duong Bich Lien, artists who made a lasting impression on twentieth century Vietnamese art. ... Illness compounded by overdrinking, his response to a world that plotted against him, led to his death in

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

in ..." He was a posthumous recipient of the Ho Chi Minh Prize in 2000.

Works

Some of his works are in the

Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts (; ) is located in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a museum showcasing Vietnam's fine art In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, di ...

. File:Duong_Bich_Lien_Portrait_of_a_lady.jpg, Dương Bích Liên, Portrait of a lady, pastel on paper

References

1924 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Vietnamese painters Artists from Hanoi {{Vietnam-painter-stub