Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts

The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi

The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts (Vietnamese: Viện Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật Việt Nam; Hán tự: 院寶藏美術越南) is located in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a museum showcasing Vietnam's fine arts from a range of historical periods.^[1] It is the country's primary art museum, the second being the smaller Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts.

Much of the 20th Century art presented in the museum is concerned with folk narratives of a nation in defence. As a collection it draws on themes of martyrdom, patriotism, military strategy and overcoming enemy incursion.

The museum presents a small collection of late 20th and early 21st Century painting, including works by artists exploring abstraction and abstract impressionism, giving greater attention to the individualist artist.

The site, 66 Nguyễn Thái Học Street, was selected by painter Nguyễn Đỗ Cung in 1963. The building, built in 1937, was an abandoned Catholic girl's boarding house.^[2] Next door at No. 65 was an artists' colony.

References

↑ Lenzi, Iola (2004). Museums of Southeast Asia. Singapore: Archipelago Press. p. 200. ISBN 981-4068-96-9.
↑ Nora Taylor Painters in Hanoi: an ethnography of Vietnamese art Page 56 2009.

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Hanoi

Historical sites Public buildings and places	Hoàn Kiếm Lake Turtle Tower Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám Cổ Loa Citadel Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long Presidential Palace and Presidential Palace Historical Site Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Flag Tower Opera House Hỏa Lò Prison

Religious and worship sites	Cửa Bắc Church Hàm Long Church One-Pillar Pagoda Perfume Temple Phùng Khoang Church Quán Sứ Temple St. Joseph's Cathedral Trấn Quốc Temple

Parks and green areas	Ba Vì National Park West Lake Trúc Bạch Lake Red River

Museums	Vietnamese Women’s Museum Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Ethnology Museum of Vietnamese Revolution Hanoi Museum Ho Chi Minh Museum Museum of Vietnamese History

Occupational villages	Bát Tràng ceramic village Lệ Mật Vạn Phúc silk village

Other constructions	Noi Bai International Airport Hanoi Railway Station Long Biên Bridge Mỹ Đình National Stadium National Convention Centre Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel Ba Đình Square

Coordinates: 21°01′50″N 105°50′13″E / 21.0306°N 105.837°E / 21.0306; 105.837

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