TRAN VAN CAN
(1910-1994)
Tran Van Can was one of the first handful of artists who could handle many media successfully. Under his magical hands, the various painting materials were transformed to suit the different themes of artistic creation. His greatest contribution to Vietnamese modem painting was in lacquer painting. He not only adored Dutch Realist painters of the 17th century and picked up Impressionist techniques, but also extensively employed sketching strokes of the Oriental tradition. Tran Van Can's most paintings depict real life objects.
Born in 1910 in Kien An Town,
Hai Phong City, and died in 1994 in Hanoi.
Graduate of the 1931-1936 class of the Etcol, Superieure des Beaux-Arts de
l’indochine.
Awarded with the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature and Arts in 1996
Some of his famous works:
My mother, Silk painting (1934)
My sister Thuy, Oil painting (1943)
Washing hair, Woodcut, (1943)
National emblem (1955)
Scooping in the flooded rice-field, Lacquer painting, (1958)
Mineworkers, Oil painting, (1960)
Mine field’s child, Oil painting, (1962)
Coming winter, Lacquer painting, (1962)
Morning rain on Kien River, Lacquer painting, (1972)
Scooping in the flooded rice-field, Lacquer painting, 1958
