Hanoi College of Fine Arts
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Hanoi University of Fine Arts (recently changed the name to Vietnam Acedamy of Fine Arts) is an art school
in Hanoi
, Vietnam
. It was established under the French rule in 1925. The university has trained many of Vietnam’s leading artists and each year it participates in many cultural exchanges with sister institutions overseas.
The long and distinguished history of the Hanoi University of Fine Art may be traced back to the colonial École Supérieure des Beaux Arts de l’Indochine (1925-1945) (the Indochina College of Fine Arts) which trained successive generations of Vietnamese students in the western art tradition, laying the essential groundwork for the development of a distinctive Vietnamese style of modern art.
The college was taken over by the provisional government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the August Revolution
of 1945, but when the struggle against the French intensified in 1950, the college was moved to Đại Từ, Thai Nguyen
in the Viet Bac
Resistance Zone, under the direction of painter To Ngoc Van.
In 1954 professors and students returned to Hanoi where, in 1957, a new Hanoi College of Fine Art was established under the direction of painter Tran Van Can.
In 1981 this institution became the Hanoi University of Fine Art. The University offers five-year Bachelor of Fine Art programmes and two-year full-time or three-year part-time Master of Arts programmes in Painting, Graphic Art and Sculpture, and four-year Bachelor of Fine Art Education programmes.
Bui Xuan Phai
studied at the college between 1941 and 1946 and taught there for a number of years but was sacked in 1957 for supporting Nhân Văn affair
a movement for political and cultural freedom. The result was that he was not permitted to show his work in public until a solo exhibition in 1984.
On May 9, 2000, the Hanoi University of Fine Arts in coordination with other local art institutions sponsored a large reunion of former students of the college to celebrate the Ecole's 75th anniversary.
Art school
Art school is a general term for any educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. The term applies to institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or graduate or...
in Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. It was established under the French rule in 1925. The university has trained many of Vietnam’s leading artists and each year it participates in many cultural exchanges with sister institutions overseas.
The long and distinguished history of the Hanoi University of Fine Art may be traced back to the colonial École Supérieure des Beaux Arts de l’Indochine (1925-1945) (the Indochina College of Fine Arts) which trained successive generations of Vietnamese students in the western art tradition, laying the essential groundwork for the development of a distinctive Vietnamese style of modern art.
The college was taken over by the provisional government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the August Revolution
August Revolution
On August 19, 1945, the Việt Minh under Hồ Chí Minh began the August General Uprising Tổng Khởi Nghĩa, which was soon renamed the August Revolution . Whether or not this series of events should be called a "revolution" is disputable; what is clear is that, from August 19 onwards, demonstrations and...
of 1945, but when the struggle against the French intensified in 1950, the college was moved to Đại Từ, Thai Nguyen
Thai Nguyen
Thái Nguyên is a city and municipality in Vietnam. It is the capital and located in center of Thai Nguyen province, in northeastern Vietnam. This is the largest city and often considered as center of Northern midlands and mountain areas...
in the Viet Bac
Viet Bac
Việt Bắc is a region of Vietnam north of Hanoi that served as the Viet Minh's base of support during the First Indochina War ....
Resistance Zone, under the direction of painter To Ngoc Van.
In 1954 professors and students returned to Hanoi where, in 1957, a new Hanoi College of Fine Art was established under the direction of painter Tran Van Can.
In 1981 this institution became the Hanoi University of Fine Art. The University offers five-year Bachelor of Fine Art programmes and two-year full-time or three-year part-time Master of Arts programmes in Painting, Graphic Art and Sculpture, and four-year Bachelor of Fine Art Education programmes.
Bui Xuan Phai
Bui Xuan Phai
Bui Xuan Phai was a Vietnamese painter. He is famous for the paintings of Hanoi Old Quarter.The best known of all Vietnamese modern painters, Bui Xuan Phai is respected and admired for both his art and moral character...
studied at the college between 1941 and 1946 and taught there for a number of years but was sacked in 1957 for supporting Nhân Văn affair
Nhân Van affair
The Nhân Văn affair was a political controversy in North Vietnam in the late 1950s. Following a loosening of political restrictions with some similarities to the Chinese Hundred Flowers Campaign, there was a hardening of attitudes...
a movement for political and cultural freedom. The result was that he was not permitted to show his work in public until a solo exhibition in 1984.
On May 9, 2000, the Hanoi University of Fine Arts in coordination with other local art institutions sponsored a large reunion of former students of the college to celebrate the Ecole's 75th anniversary.