Ta Thu Thau was born on 6 May 1906 at Tan Binh (Longxuyên, south Vietnam), the fourth child of a large and very poor family: his father was a carpenter. In 1925 he began work as a teacher in Saigon.

ancestral spirits. Born in 1970 in Bat Trang, Vietnam, she went on to graduate from the Hanoi Academy of Fine Arts. Hien’s work has been shown internationally and featured in major publications. She ...