Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 10, 1906
Died
October 10, 1980
Age
73
Place of Birth
Hải Phòng, Vietnam
Popularity
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Mai Trung Thứ
Acting
Biography
Born in 1906 in Hai Phong, Vietnamese-French artist Mai Trung Thứ, also known as Mai Thu, was one of the most prominent figures in the history of Vietnamese modern art in the twentieth century. He belongs to the first generation of Vietnamese painters to receive formal training in Western art, attending the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine between 1925 and 1930—alongside Lê Phô, Vu Cao Dam and Le Thi Luu. Under the tutelage of French painters Victor Tardieu and Joseph Inguimberty, Mai Thu explored not only Western methods of art but also expressions of Vietnamese tradition and identity. St…
