“Memories of the Soviet era” exhibition opens in Hanoi

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution (November 7, 1919 – 2017), the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the National Museum of Vietnamese History kicked start an exhibition “Memories of the Soviet era” on November 7.

This exhibition displays 100 oil and watercolor paintings drawn by painter Tran Quan Ngoc. He made these paintings when studying and working in the Soviet Union period 1954 – 1972.

These paintings reflected daily life, people and landscapes in different parts of the Soviet Union, expressing the endless love of painter Tran Quan Ngoc with the country and its people.

The exhibition also aimed to disseminate the significance of the revolution for the revolutionary movements in the world and in Vietnam.

Painter Tran Quan Ngoc, born in 1938, owns 250 paintings on the Soviet Union. Apart from the 100 paintings exhibited at the National Museum of Vietnamese History, the remaining are on display at another exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

On this occasion, he presented four paintings to the National Museum of Vietnamese History.