The funeral of painter Le Thiet Cuong took place amid the beautiful melodies of Chopin, Bach, Beethoven - Photo: DAU DUNG
Despite the rain, many friends and relatives came to the National Funeral Home in Hanoi to send their loving greetings to painter Le Thiet Cuong, as they had received love from him over the years.
Coming to see Le Thiet Cuong off were many people from the world of fine arts, literature, cinema, theater, journalism, publishing...
Farewell to Le Thiet Cuong leaving this world
Many friends could not help but be moved when entering the funeral home and hearing familiar sounds they had heard during warm gatherings at the home of painter Le Thiet Cuong.
Eldest son Le Nguyen Nhat emotionally said goodbye to his father and thanked his father's loving friends - Photo: DAU DUNG
Loving music , especially chamber music, symphonies and rock, in Le Thiet Cuong's house on Ly Quoc Su street there is almost always gentle music, among paintings, statues, books, vases of fresh flowers, especially fragrant roses, and soft, affectionate human voices.
The family chose classical music that Le Thiet Cuong often listened to during his lifetime to welcome his beloved friends who came to say goodbye to him. That aesthetic man, who had been immersed in art and culture all his life, was also sent off by his family and friends in beauty when he passed away.
On his last day, in the familiar house with his old mother and children, his mother also played the music that her son loved. The brown ceramic vases that he wrote and drew Buddhist scriptures on were also filled with fragrant rose branches.
Chairman of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association Luong Xuan Doan recalled his beautiful feelings for Le Thiet Cuong and the painter's great contributions to Vietnamese fine arts - Photo: DAU DUNG
That is the flower he especially loves, the flower of the streets and street vendors of Hanoi, and also the one Le Thiet Cuong passionately pursues. Living in the city, Le Thiet Cuong has loved the city all his life, loved the street vendors and all the gifts and rustic flowers they sell.
Not only is he a talented and generous artist with friends, supporting young people to have new paths, Le Thiet Cuong is first and foremost a Hanoian who is very Hanoian, in both his lifestyle and his writings for Hanoi.
Many close friends and juniors such as painter Dinh Cong Dat, writer Nguyen Viet Ha, director Viet Tu, writer Do Bich Thuy... consider Le Thiet Cuong's passing as Hanoi losing a part of its streets.
Writer Nguyen Binh Phuong - Vice President of the Vietnam Writers Association , emotionally wrote in the condolence book: "Known since 1993, and cherished ever since. I thought there would always be many, many more times of drinking together.
You left so early. So sad, Le Thiet Cuong!".
Flute artist Le Thu Huong plays a farewell song for her brother and close friend - Photo: DAU DUNG
' Our father lived his life to the fullest and devoted himself to art'
In his eulogy for painter Le Thiet Cuong, painter Luong Xuan Doan - President of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association, shared his special personal and shared feelings for Le Thiet Cuong at the house at 39A Ly Quoc Su for several decades.
The President of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association assessed that Le Thiet Cuong left behind a huge artistic legacy that few people have, lived beautifully with colleagues, and lived his life to the fullest with art.
Le Thu Huong plays the flute to send painter Le Thiet Cuong to peace - Clip: D.DUNG
In the multi-dimensional life of literature and art, Le Thiet Cuong alone gropes his own path of minimalist painting, steadfast in it, no other way.
Luckily, colleagues love, understand, love, and accept his way of doing things.
Mr. Luong Xuan Doan especially appreciated Le Thiet Cuong because he loved young people and young artists, protected them, especially "protected the different ways of thinking, seeing, and painting" of young artists.
The eldest son of artist Le Thiet Cuong - designer Le Nguyen Nhat (Nhat Le), emotionally expressed his pride in his father who "lived his life to the fullest with art".
"The artist's manifesto is Minimalism, Beauty is finding oneself, returning to the depths of one's inner self. He has left his own "fingerprints" on each work and on Vietnam's contemporary painting", Le Nguyen Nhat emotionally said that his father has passed away but his soul and spirit will always live on with the legacy he created.
Le Nguyen Nhat also said that his father had many friends, loved them, and cherished them because "friends are joy", and said that in his last days on the hospital bed, his father fought to the end because "many people loved him".
Critic Phan Cam Thuong visits painter Le Thiet Cuong - Photo: DAU DUNG
Writer Nguyen Binh Phuong - Vice President of the Vietnam Writers Association, said farewell to his friend: "Knowing you since 1993, and cherishing you ever since..." - Photo: DAU DUNG
Photographer Nguyen Dinh Toan (middle) comes to say goodbye to painter Le Thiet Cuong - Photo: DAU DUNG
Critic Ngo Thao (left) and director Nguyen Phan Quang Binh (right) burn incense for painter Le Thiet Cuong - Photo: DAU DUNG
Singer Thanh Lam and director Viet Tu came to see off painter Le Thiet Cuong - Photo: NGUYEN HA NAM
Singer Tan Minh visits painter Le Thiet Cuong - Photo: DAU DUNG
Writer Hoang Quoc Hai visits Le Thiet Cuong - Photo: DAU DUNG
Artist friends visit painter Le Thiet Cuong - Photo: DAU DUNG
Le Thiet Cuong was born in 1962 in Hanoi into an artistic family, with his father being poet Le Nguyen and his mother being cameraman Do Phuong Thao. He calls musician Hoang Van "young man".
Le Thiet Cuong served in the army for a while (1980-1984) and then returned to study art design at the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema (1985-1990).
He has been a member of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association since 1992.
During his vibrant painting career, Le Thiet Cuong has held 26 solo exhibitions at home and abroad since 1991 and many group exhibitions.
His works are in the collections of the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), the Royal de Mariemont Museum (Kingdom of Belgium) and the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum.
Le Thiet Cuong won 2 Good Design Awards (Japan) in 2003 - 2004, 2005 - 2006.
In addition to holding a brush and drawing pen, Le Thiet Cuong also contributed a lot to culture through in-depth articles about traditional culture and Hanoi culture in newspapers, magazines, and books.
Some published books: Le Thiet Cuong saw (Tre Publishing House, 2017), Places to go and return - printed with Tran Tien Dung (Writers Association Publishing House, 2017), House and people (Writers Association Publishing House, 2024), Chatting with paintings (Writers Association Publishing House, 2025)...
It is known that the artist passed away while there were still several unfinished books, including The Market Voice (Tre Publishing House) at the printing house. The artist had time to hold the book in his hands for a proof before passing away.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/gia-dinh-ban-be-yeu-thuong-tien-biet-hoa-si-le-thiet-cuong-20250721085449998.htm
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