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Hanoians enjoy exhibition to celebrate Russian October Revolution
Ha Phuong 16:22, 2017/11/07
On November 7, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism opened an exhibition on Russia at the National History Museum.
A work at the exhibition.
A work at the exhibition.
This exhibition as part of the activities to mark the 100th anniversary of the Great October Revolution of Russia (November 7, 1917 – 2017).
Accordingly, the exhibition showcase 100 oil and watercolors paintings by painter Tran Quan Ngoc, painted whilst he was studying and working in the Soviet Union (1954 - 1972). The works record the lives, people, and landscapes of different areas of the Soviet Union.
The exhibition aims to highlight the historical values of the Russia October Revolution to the revolutionary movement globally, as well as in Vietnam. Painter Tran Quan Ngoc graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Faculty of Painting and History at the Moscow State V. I. Lenin Pedagogical Institute, now the Moscow State Pedagogical University, in 1967.
He has had eight personal exhibitions, twice in the Soviet Union in 1965 and 1967, while he has also participated in many exhibitions with other artists. His works are in the collection of many painting lovers in Vietnam and other countries such as Russia, the US, France, Sweden, and Denmark. The classical Russian style is demonstrated in the artist's work from the layout and angle of view to the light and color.
The October Revolution officially known in Soviet literature as the Great October Socialist Revolution, and commonly referred to as Red October, the October Uprising, the Bolshevik Revolution, or Bolshevik Coup was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917. It took place in an armed insurrection in Petrograd on the 25 October (7 November, New Style) 1917.
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