A sketch drawn in 1968 (Source: courtesy of the exhibition organiser) Hanoi, (VNA) – An exhibition themed "Sketches of the SouthernResistance War" opened at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum on April26.
The exhibition has been jointly organised by the museum andHo Chi Minh City’s Fine Arts Museum on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day(April 30).
It introduces to the public 70 sketches collected by thecity’s museum. They were drawn in the southern battlefield in the 1954-1975period, using watercolours, iron pens and pencils.
Through their drawings, artists and soldiers recorded"battlefield diaries" about the people, life, land and the toughresistance war facing the Vietnamese army and people in the south.
Director of the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum Nguyen AnhMinh said that the exhibition offers a chance for Vietnamese people to honourand express their gratitude for the forefathers who fought and sacrificed fornational liberation, and to educate the younger generation about nationalpatriotism and pride.
The exhibition will remain open to visitors until the end ofMay 8./.
The exhibition has been jointly organised by the museum andHo Chi Minh City’s Fine Arts Museum on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day(April 30).
It introduces to the public 70 sketches collected by thecity’s museum. They were drawn in the southern battlefield in the 1954-1975period, using watercolours, iron pens and pencils.
Through their drawings, artists and soldiers recorded"battlefield diaries" about the people, life, land and the toughresistance war facing the Vietnamese army and people in the south.
Director of the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum Nguyen AnhMinh said that the exhibition offers a chance for Vietnamese people to honourand express their gratitude for the forefathers who fought and sacrificed fornational liberation, and to educate the younger generation about nationalpatriotism and pride.
The exhibition will remain open to visitors until the end ofMay 8./.
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