Tú Duyên

Nguyễn Văn Duyến
Nguyễn Văn Duyến
	Family from left to right: Á Nam Trần Tuấn Khải (famous poet), Tú Duyên, Đào Sĩ Chu. This photo is from ĐSChu's family collection.
Born	20 December 1915; Bát Tràng, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam
Died	May 3, 2012; At his home

Nguyễn Văn Duyến, art name Tú Duyên (20 December 1915, in Bát Tràng, Bắc Ninh – May 3, 2012) was a Vietnamese painter.

Nguyễn Văn Duyến was born in the pottery village of Bát Tràng near Hanoi. He first was a private student of Nam Sơn, then a student at the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine from 1935-1942.^[2]

Duyên moved to Saigon in 1942, making silk and paper Đông Hồ folk prints from finger-painted woodblocks.^[3]^[4] His work is considered as having given new dimensions to traditional thủ ấn họa hand stamp paintings.^[5]^[6]^[7] He submitted some of his prints to Saigon's newspapers and his illustrations began to feature in newspapers from the late 1940s. His paintings drew subjects from literary work such as Truyện Kiều, the Chinh phụ ngâm of the poet Đặng Trần Côn, and popular folklore. He had also drawn Vietnamese kings and other notable historical figures.^[8] The Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts currently exhibits his work including nine paintings on canvas and 52 wood carving plaques^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Painter Tú Duyên passed away". Tuoi tre online. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
^ Tony Day, Maya H. T. Liem Cultures at War: The Cold War and Cultural Expression in Southeast Asia 2010 Page 88 "The established traditions of EBAI prevailed through the late 1950s to early 1960s... especially marked among those graduates who later formed the Society of Saigonese Young Artists. ... who were deeply rooted traditionalists, included artists such as Tú Duyên, Nguyễn Anh, Nguyễn Siên, and Lưu Đình Khải, as well as graduates from France like Nguyễn Khoa Toàn, Đào Sĩ Chu, Van Den, Nguyễn Sao and Trần Quang Hiếu, to mention a few.
^ France-Asie Volume 14, N.131-140 - Maison franco-japonaise (Tokyo, Japan), Association pour une meilleure connaissance de l'Asie - 1957 Page 281 "On ne peut parler des modes d'expression propres au Viêt-Nam sans mentionner les estampes sur soie de Tu-Duyên. Comme pour le laque, il est ici malaisé de faire le partage entre le travail de l'artiste et celui de l'artisan."
^ France-Asie Volume 10, Part 1 Page 92 "Le premier en date, Tu-Duyên, a présenté au Théâtre Municipal de Saigon, au mois de mars, puis à Dalat, sous le patronage du Cabinet Impérial, une collection d'estampes qui témoignent à la fois d'une belle inspiration et de la maîtrise technique servie par une conscience poussée jusqu'au scrupule... Cet effort a sa récompense. Cet artiste a réussi — au prix de difficultés que lui seul, probablement, peut mesurer — à hausser l'estampe sur soie au rang d'un art majeur qui demeure, au surplus, spécifiquement vietnamien."
^ Vietnam magazine Volume 7 - Vietnam Council on Foreign Relations - 1974 Page 24 "It is an art form in its own right as the exhibit of wood-engraved paintings by Tu Duyen at the Saigon City Information Hall in 1960 showed. Tu Duyen succeeded in improving the traditional art of Thu An Hoa (hand-stamped painting) by giving it new dimensions formerly prescribed by limited technical means. His paintings show a remarkable beauty, unmatched for their ability to convey certain moods and feelings."
^ Corinne de Ménonville La peinture vietnamienne: une aventure entre tradition et modernité Page 98 - 2003 "Si l'on se réfère à l'ouvrage de Nguyen Van Phuong Nghe Thuat Viet Nam Hien Dai ("L'art vietnamien contemporain") jusqu'en 1962, deux noms d'artistes sont à particulièrement remarquer: Ta Ty pour ses créations cubistes et Tu Duyen pour ..."
^ East Asian cultural studies Volume 6 - Page 208 Yunesuko Higashi Ajia Bunka Kenkyū Sentā (Tokyo, Japan) - 1967 "... in Vietnamese painting and gave birth to various masterpieces, such as cubist paintings of Ta Ty, silk prints of Tu Duyen, silk paintings of Tran Van Tho, etc..."
^ "Tú Duyên". Witness Collection. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

External links

[tuoitre-1] "Painter Tú Duyên passed away". Tuoi tre online. Retrieved 6 September 2012.

[2] Tony Day, Maya H. T. Liem Cultures at War: The Cold War and Cultural Expression in Southeast Asia 2010 Page 88 "The established traditions of EBAI prevailed through the late 1950s to early 1960s... especially marked among those graduates who later formed the Society of Saigonese Young Artists. ... who were deeply rooted traditionalists, included artists such as Tú Duyên, Nguyễn Anh, Nguyễn Siên, and Lưu Đình Khải, as well as graduates from France like Nguyễn Khoa Toàn, Đào Sĩ Chu, Van Den, Nguyễn Sao and Trần Quang Hiếu, to mention a few.

[3] France-Asie Volume 14, N.131-140 - Maison franco-japonaise (Tokyo, Japan), Association pour une meilleure connaissance de l'Asie - 1957 Page 281 "On ne peut parler des modes d'expression propres au Viêt-Nam sans mentionner les estampes sur soie de Tu-Duyên. Comme pour le laque, il est ici malaisé de faire le partage entre le travail de l'artiste et celui de l'artisan."

[4] France-Asie Volume 10, Part 1 Page 92 "Le premier en date, Tu-Duyên, a présenté au Théâtre Municipal de Saigon, au mois de mars, puis à Dalat, sous le patronage du Cabinet Impérial, une collection d'estampes qui témoignent à la fois d'une belle inspiration et de la maîtrise technique servie par une conscience poussée jusqu'au scrupule... Cet effort a sa récompense. Cet artiste a réussi — au prix de difficultés que lui seul, probablement, peut mesurer — à hausser l'estampe sur soie au rang d'un art majeur qui demeure, au surplus, spécifiquement vietnamien."

[5] Vietnam magazine Volume 7 - Vietnam Council on Foreign Relations - 1974 Page 24 "It is an art form in its own right as the exhibit of wood-engraved paintings by Tu Duyen at the Saigon City Information Hall in 1960 showed. Tu Duyen succeeded in improving the traditional art of Thu An Hoa (hand-stamped painting) by giving it new dimensions formerly prescribed by limited technical means. His paintings show a remarkable beauty, unmatched for their ability to convey certain moods and feelings."

[6] Corinne de Ménonville La peinture vietnamienne: une aventure entre tradition et modernité Page 98 - 2003 "Si l'on se réfère à l'ouvrage de Nguyen Van Phuong Nghe Thuat Viet Nam Hien Dai ("L'art vietnamien contemporain") jusqu'en 1962, deux noms d'artistes sont à particulièrement remarquer: Ta Ty pour ses créations cubistes et Tu Duyen pour ..."

[7] East Asian cultural studies Volume 6 - Page 208 Yunesuko Higashi Ajia Bunka Kenkyū Sentā (Tokyo, Japan) - 1967 "... in Vietnamese painting and gave birth to various masterpieces, such as cubist paintings of Ta Ty, silk prints of Tu Duyen, silk paintings of Tran Van Tho, etc..."

[8] "Tú Duyên". Witness Collection. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

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