Nguyễn Văn Tỵ (

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 ...

, 1917 – Hanoi, 19 January 1992) was a Vietnamese painter. He studied art at the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine 1934-41 where classmates included

Hoàng Tích Chù Hoàng Tích Chù (Từ Sơn; 1912 in Bắc Ninh Bắc Ninh () is a city in the Northern Vietnam, northern part of Vietnam and is the capital of Bắc Ninh province. The city is the cultural, administrative and commercial center of the provinc ...

and Nguyễn Tiến Chung.Nguyễn Văn Tỵ
"On his return to Hanoi after the French resistance war, he taught at the Vietnam Fine Art College (Trường cao đẳng Mỹ thuật Việt Nam), a post that he held until 1969. He was also appointed as the first Secretary General of the Vietnam Fine Art Association from 1957-58." In 2001, he was posthumously awarded the

Hồ Chí Minh Prize The Hồ Chí Minh Prize () is an honorary award given by the government of Vietnam in recognition of cultural and/or scientific achievement. The prize was established by decree in 1981, and has been awarded in 1996, 2000, 2005 and 2012, often pos ...

for his contribution to the arts. Nguyen Van Ty (painter, born 1917).gif, Nam Bắc Một Nhà, lacquer art

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1917 births 1992 deaths Ho Chi Minh Prize recipients 20th-century Vietnamese painters {{Vietnam-painter-stub