Vinh Phoi, a Pioneering Abstract Expressionist, a Loyalist to the Imperial Hue and His Handwritten Reference Letter to Boi Tran and the Art Gallery
Ministry of Education and Training
Hue University
University of Fine Arts
BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐẠI HỌC HUẾ
TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NGHỆ THUẬT
Imperial City – Hue
Tel: 22315
Hue, 4 May 1996
Đại Nội – Huế
Tel: 22315
Huế, ngày 4 tháng 5 năm 1996
Dear: Ms Boi Tran Art Gallery
17 Tran Hung Dao, Hue
Kính gửi: Chị Bội Trân Art Gallery
17 THĐ Huế
I refer Nguyen Thien Duc, a young painter specialising in lacquer, having the potential.
I advised him to present his two lacquer paintings to you to evaluate so that he is able to participate in an art exhibition of Hue artists in Saigon, organized by you.
Cordially,
Vinh Phoi
Tôi giới thiệu Em Nguyễn Thiện Đức, 1 Hoạ sĩ trẻ chuyên về sơn mài. Có triển vọng.
Tôi có bảo với em đem 2 bức tranh sơn mài để xem được tham dự triển lãm nhóm hoạ sĩ Huế do chị tổ chức ở Sài Gòn.
Thân ái,
Vĩnh Phối
Vinh Phoi (Vietnam, 1937-2017), born in Hue, he graduated in fine arts (in 1958) and pedagogics (in 1959) from Gia Dinh School of Fine Arts and Decoration (the École des Arts appliqués Gia Dinh). Then, he pursued a course of fine arts & sculpture at Rome University of Fine Arts and studied arts at Rome University in Italy from 1960 to 1966. Between 1967 and 1975, he was appointed as a president of Hue College of Fine Arts and a vice-president of Hue Fine Arts University over a period of 24 years (1976 – 1999)… Also, he was awarded as a meritorious teacher by government.
If you yearn for the truth and integrity of something, ask Vinh Phoi.
Trinh Cong Son