On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), on April 11, the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology organized an exchange program with female artist Dang Ai Viet and introduced the website "Portrait of Vietnamese Heroic Mother".
Female artist Dang Ai Viet has been traveling tirelessly across the country for over 10 years to paint portraits of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers with the dream that the nation’s sacred memories can continue to spread to the future. After more than 10 years of traveling across the country to paint portraits of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, the “asset” of female artist Dang Ai Viet has reached over 3,000 paintings.
In August 2019, the Ho Chi Minh City Geographic Information System Application Center under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology decided to digitize and archive portraits of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, because they not only have artistic value, but are also valuable spiritual assets, contributing to educating the tradition of patriotism for future generations. The project was implemented from January 2020.
The website “Portraits of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers” (address: https://chandungme.vn/) has digitized more than 3,000 portraits of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers made by female artist Dang Ai Viet from 2010 to present.
In addition to the portraits of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, the website also includes pages introducing each photo, the stories of the mothers, and the circumstances surrounding the portraits. This is not simply an information page but a convenient archive, contributing to the dissemination and education of love for the homeland, country, and national pride to all classes of people.
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Some works are posted on the website "Portrait of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers". Source chandungme.vn |
At the launch of the website “Portraits of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers” on April 11, female artist Dang Ai Viet shared that the website was born as a realization of her dream because paintings on paper cannot be kept for long. Digitizing and preserving these portraits is for the younger generations, so that they can see and remember the sacrifices of their predecessors for the bright future of the country today and tomorrow.
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Photo source: Vietnam Women's Museum |
Female artist Dang Ai Viet (Dang Thi Bong) was born on November 16, 1948, in Tan Binh commune, Cai Lay district, Tien Giang province. With a love for art, the simplicity of the land and people of her homeland, in 1963 she became an actress of the My Tho Provincial Performing Arts Troupe at the age of 15.
After completing the short-term Liberation Painting class in July 1964, she returned to work at the Liberation Women's Newspaper. After graduating from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts in 1981, she became a teacher at the Cambodian School of Culture and Arts and spent 20 years teaching at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts. Retiring in 2003, she actively participated in social activities and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Association for the Support of Disabled People and Orphans.
From February 19, 2010 to present, she has been continuing to carry out the art work of sketching portraits of living Vietnamese Heroic Mothers across the country with more than 3,000 works. In 2010, 2011 and 2013, she was recognized by the Vietnam Record Book Center and the Asia Record Book as the first woman to use a Chaly motorbike to travel across 63 provinces and cities to sketch portraits of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and the person who drew the most portraits of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers. On April 14, 2021, she was honored to be awarded the title "Hero of Labor in the Renovation Period" according to Decision No. 2015/QD-CTN dated November 13, 2020 of the President.
“What I paint is not the mothers' faces but their souls,” according to female artist Dang Ai Viet.
Source: https://baophapluat.vn/hon-3-nghin-buc-ve-chan-dung-me-viet-nam-anh-hung-cua-nu-hoa-si-dang-ai-viet-da-duoc-so-hoa-post545080.html
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