Tạ Tỵ (24 September 1922 – 24 August 2004) was a Vietnamese painter and poet. After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, he was sent to a reeducation camp until 1981. Afterwards he and his wife left Vietnam as
boat people
Vietnamese boat people ( vi, Thuyền nhân Việt Nam), also known simply as boat people, refers to the refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis was at its h ...
via Malaysia and resettled in California in 1983. He returned to Vietnam shortly before his death in 2004. His paintings were originally influenced by
cubism turning to abstract art around 1961.
Lachonggallery TA TY (1922-2004)
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Vietnamese male poets
1922 births
2004 deaths
20th-century Vietnamese painters
20th-century Vietnamese poets
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