Đỗ Quang Em ( Ninh Thuận, Annam,

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(under the occupation of

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), 1942 – 3 August 2021) was a Vietnamese painter based in

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, then

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, Vietnam. He graduated from Gia Định College of Fine Arts (''Cao Đẳng Mỹ Thuật Gia Định'') in 1965. Along with contemporaries such as Đỗ Thị Ninh (1947-) he was one of the generation of painters who emerged in the early 1980s which rebelled against the traditions of the French

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and afterward socialist schools of Vietnamese art. He was for a period sent to a re-education camp. Since 1994 Em mainly exhibited in

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and overseas, and has had his paintings purchased by

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.John Clark, Maurizio Peleggi, T. K. Sabapathy – ''Eye of the beholder'' . 2006 "From the time of his first solo exhibition there in 1994, he has rarely displayed paintings in Vietnam due to ongoing commitments with his Hong Kong dealer.12 In 2000, when former U.S. president, Bill Clinton visited Vietnam, he cited Do ; I ..."

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Do Quang Em
1942 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Vietnamese painters People from Ninh Thuận province Artists from Ho Chi Minh City 20th-century male artists 21st-century Vietnamese painters 21st-century male artists Male painters {{Vietnam-painter-stub