Tô Ngọc Vân

He was among the first recipients of the Ho Chi Minh Prize in 1996. He worked as painting teacher in Bưởi school, professor at the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine and principal of the Việt Bắc Art School and has had significant influence on a whole generation of artists in Vietnam. Vân contributed to the magazines of Tự Lực văn đoàn ("Self-Strengthening literary group") by drawing cartoons on current events, social issues, and everyday live. • Illustration — President Ho working in Bắc Bộ Phủ The To Ngoc Van (crater) on Mercury was named in his honour.

Tô Ngọc Vân studied at Hanoi College of Fine Arts. The recorded working language is Vietnamese. The field of work recorded is oil paint and postage stamp. Employment is recorded with Phong Hóa, Ngày Nay and Lycee Sisowath. Works named in the authority record are Young Woman with Lilly. Work by Tô Ngọc Vân is recorded in the collections of Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts. Distinctions recorded are Hồ Chí Minh Prize and Order of Independence.

• Born — 1906 • Birthplace — Hưng Yên • Died — 1954 (48 years old) • Notable Works — Younger lady beside tuberose • Awards — Ho Chi Minh Prize • Illustration — Girl with flower, 1943

Ngọc Vân was born on December 15, 1906 (although some sources record his birth in 1908) in Xuan Cau village, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province. Ngọc Vân was born as a poor boy and skipped school during his third year in high school to follow his dream of becoming an artist. In 1926, he was able to pass the entrance exam in the Vietnam University of Fine Arts during the first generation of the school and graduated two years later. Ngọc Vân painted many places in his artwork, some of which include Bangkok, Huế, and Phnom Penh. He was also a writer and art critic in the art press. He cooperated with the Vietnamese newspapers Phong Hóa và Ngày Nay and Thanh Nghị.

• The Girl by the Lotus (1944) • Girl by the lily (1943) • Two Girls and a Baby (1944) • A young woman sitting by a picture of a tam da (1942) • Noon (1936) • Flower Side (1942) • All are oil paintings.

• Ho Chi Minh worked in the North of Vietnam (1946-oil painting) • Overnight on the hill (lacquer - 1948) • The real buffalo (watercolor sketch - 1954) • Two soldiers (watercolor - 1949) • Resting on the Hill (1948) • And hundreds of resistance sketches.

Tô Ngọc Vân is recorded with the occupation art critic. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation artist. Recorded as painter, art critic and artist.