When looking at a painting of silk material, created woman character; typically a beautiful young woman… we always have a feeling of relaxation, lightening.
The young woman sat embroidering with an elegant and relaxed look… in front of our eyes is an extremely delicate depiction of the lines and shapes by the artist. Just that one thing is enough for us to notice, the artist who created this painting has solid basic knowledge and skills in academic visual art, in a methodical and professional manner.
Artist To Phuong, full name is Do Thi To Phuong, was born in 1936 in Binh Hoa commune, Go Vap district, Gia Dinh province. She was amitted in the National School of Saigon Fine Art College in 1952 along with a number of woman artists (later famous) such as Vu Thi Nga, Nguyen Thi Chin, Nguyen Thi Tam and her sister Do Thi To Oanh (born 1937). In the same class of 30 (1952), there were artists Quach Phong, Le Ba Dang, Luu Tan Phuoc…
In the book “Saigon – The life story of the street”, Culture – Literature and Art Publishing House, 2018 by author Pham Cong Luan, the note on the biography (brief) of artist To Phuong wrote: She won the bronze medal at Saigon Spring Painting Exhibition in 1964.
