First Vietnamese painter honoured at US’s watercolour awards

VOV.VN - Local painter Nguyen Toan has been announced as the winner of the acclaimed Best of Show prize for his piece ‘Vô thường’ at an international watercolour awards organised by Watercolor Artist magazine of the United States.

Through the painting the artist sends a message of happiness as life gets back to normality after the COVID-19 pandemic.

His piece beat off competition from nearly 2,000 entries submitted by 1,000 painters from around the world to win the Best of Show prize.

Nguyen Toan was born in Hung Yen province and graduated from the University of Arts and Design in 2015.

Through ‘Vô thường’, he has become the first Vietnamese painter to be honoured at the US’s watercolour awards.

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