Painter Trinh Lu launches book about his father: Special heritage of Indochina Fine Arts

The book Painter Trinh Huu Ngoc - Special Heritage of Indochina Fine Arts by author Trinh Lu will be released by Omega Plus Company this July.

The work is the complete dedication that artist Trinh Lu wrote about the career of painting, practicing and teaching wooden interior design of his father - the late artist Trinh Huu Ngoc.

The book, with nearly 400 large pages, more than 600 images and drawings, is like an experiential journey for readers to explore the portrait, life and career of the late painter Trinh Huu Ngoc.

Living, traveling, contemplating and painting, his journey is tireless and relentless to reach the peak of Zen painting.

Cover of the book "Painter Trinh Huu Ngoc - Special Heritage of Indochina Fine Arts" (Photo: Omega Plus).

The book includes the following parts:

- Life and career: Childhood, Establishment, Apprenticeship, Revolution and War, New life...

- Special heritage: Student works, Memo furniture, Illustrations, Lacquer paintings, From Impressionism to Zen painting...

- Comments, memories: Impressions, Some newspaper excerpts, Letter to teachers...

From the flow of time and the ups and downs of life, the cultural and social context, the author has depicted the temperament, progress in ideology and intelligence of the late painter Trinh Huu Ngoc during a period when the country had many changes.

In addition, artist Trinh Lu also highlighted Mr. Ngoc's contributions to his homeland during the period from war to social reform, despite the difficulties and challenges in his personal life and career.

"Mémo Furniture" - one of the pieces of the work (Photo: Omega Plus).

Trained in painting at the Indochina College of Fine Arts, Trinh Huu Ngoc has applied his knowledge and personal creativity to his painting and research.

Readers will see that his career is closely linked to applied arts, helping to enrich people's practical lives with ideas and contributions from Vietnamese talent.

The career of the late painter Trinh Huu Ngoc was especially guided throughout by the ideology of truth - goodness - beauty, which is typified by the practice of "eyes looking, hands drawing" painting meditation.

"The very act of carving tables and chairs to produce the products is worthy of his reputation as a talented person. The name of Mr. Trinh Huu Ngoc, owner of the Memo carpentry workshop specializing in producing new-style tables and chairs, is known to everyone. Personally, I praise him to be a king," commented researcher Nguyen Ba Dam.

Painter Trinh Lu, 75 years old, real name Trinh Huu Tuan, inherited his love for painting from the late painters Trinh Huu Ngoc and Nguyen Thi Khang.

He has had a chance to do many jobs such as drawing, writing, translating, and consulting on development communications, and has achieved great success in all of them. But for Trinh Lu, drawing is like the breath of life in his own family.

He always mentioned his father as a great teacher, who influenced his children and grandchildren in the family from their way of life, career choices and even artistic thinking.

On the occasion of its release, and especially on the anniversary of the death of the late painter Trinh Huu Ngoc, Omega Plus organized a discussion and introduced the book "Painter Trinh Huu Ngoc - Special Heritage of Indochina Fine Arts".

The event aims to exchange and connect with author Trinh Lu and speakers who are experts in the Vietnamese painting industry, helping readers better understand this work.

- Time: 9:30-11:30, July 7.

- Location: National Archives Center I, No. 5 Vu Pham Ham, Cau Giay District, Hanoi

- Speakers: Artist, author Trinh Lu; Art researcher Pham Long; Artist, researcher Tran Hau Yen The; Artist Luong Xuan Doan.

- Moderator: Researcher Vu Huy Thong.

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