Vũ Dân Tân

Vũ Dân Tân (3 October 1946 in Hanoi – 14 October 2009[1]) was a Vietnamese painter. He was the son of the playwright Vũ Đình Long (1896-1960).[2] His Russian wife Natasha turned their Hanoi house into an open artists' salon and forum.[3][4] He was one of three Vietnamese artists to participate in the Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Queensland Art Gallery from 27 September 1996 to 19 January 1997.[5]

Vu Dan Tan playing piano in his gallery in Hanoi in 2008

References
  1. Vũ Dân Tân: Tên ông được đặt cho một ngôi sao 2009 obituary
  2. Lần đầu bày tranh in lito của Vũ Dân Tân "Họa sĩ Vũ Dân Tân, sinh ngày 3/10/1946 tại Hà Nội, là con trai của nhà viết kịch Vũ Đình Long (1896 - 1960)."
  3. Painters in Hanoi: an ethnography of Vietnamese art - Page 66 Nora A. Taylor - 2009
  4. Art quarterly Volumes 13-16 1997 " Very early in the process of loosening the official control on the arts, and preceding the renovation policy known as Doi Moi, Vu Dan Tan and his Russian-born wife, Natasha, took advantage of the more relaxed political climate by turning their home ... Even today, Salon Natasha remains the only venue in Hanoi open to experimental, non-commercial and non- Vietnamese art. / do not want my house to be a gallery. This is my house and atelier. I am free to do here what I want. At the same..."
  5. Post đổi mớI: Vietnamese art after 1990 : 12 May 2008 to 28 Sept 2008 Joyce Fan, Singapore Art Museum - 2008 "There were three Vietnamese artists in the Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in 1996 with the participation of woman artist Dang Thi Khue, Vu Dan Tan and Mai Anh Dung, the former two living and working in Hanai while the latter, in Ho Chi Minh City"
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