Artist Van Duong Thanh (L) presents a painting to Passignano sul Trasimeno Mayor, Sandro Pasquali (Photo: VNA) On display are 30 oil and lacquer paintings featuring thecountry and people of the Southeast Asian nation.
Speaking at the opening ceremony on June 11, VietnameseAmbassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung said that art, together with music, is abridge connecting the souls and hearts of Vietnamese and Italian people.
This exhibition is part of diplomatic and cultural activitiesheld by the embassy in celebration of the 50th anniversary of thetwo countries’ diplomatic ties (1973-2023).
Thanh said that she is honoured to be invited by AmbassadorDuong Hai Hung to conduct this exhibition as well as to create works for thePresidents of Italy, Malta and Cyprus.
Along with Passignano, the exhibition is being organised inPerugia province’s Umbria and Assisi towns from June 11-15.
Considered among Asia’s talented international femaleartists, Thanh grew up in Hanoi and studied for 12 years at l’Ecole de BeauxArts, Indochine and at the Vietnam Academy of Fine Arts.
Through her distinctive style of using a subtle combinationof Asian and European heritage in which Western techniques depict traditionalmotif of the natural world, women, children and flowers in more than 1,800paintings, Thanh successfully inspires a large number of both domestic andinternational art lovers. The harmonious composition of vibrant colours,reflection of its emotional value and touches of expressive semi-abstractionmake her paintings unique.
She has received, among other awards, the highly regarded ‘InternationalExcellence of Art of CFMI’, US-France in 1995 and 1997, and ‘Glory of theNation’ of Vietnam in 2007./.
VNA
