Sculptor Ta Quang Bao – an artist Statue with great dedication to the monument in the country of Vietnam
One winter day, we came to a small house on Hoa Lu Street, an old artist – but the soul of the artist – very young, an artist who was paralyzed by a stroke, 80 years old but not because of heaven Cold that he stopped composing and laboring art.
He was still very happy, optimistic to welcome us, the jokes but full of philosophy and the noble notion of living, making all of us young people feel too small compared to him.
The image of a man, old but happy, skillful and drunkenly composed with one hand, others is paralyzed. Around him many large and small sculptures, the family exhibited as a miniature museum. This image illustrates the tireless labor of art, a never-ending source of work.
“People have to have ideals, dreams, dreams to live. People have to work, create labor and leave this life with the values of true labor, leaving a lot of labor value for this life to last forever over time” – He spoke slowly but enthusiastically.
Sculptor Ta Quang Bao experienced through war, he was a soldier who fought with the experience of the battlefield and the love of his homeland. He spent most of his life dedicating great works of art to country – the monuments of victory, the monuments honoring the heroic martyrs, the monument praising the fighting power of Vietnamese.
He shared his artistic viewpoint: “The strength of Vietnamese artists is culture, wherever in the world the strength is still geographical culture. Artists must know how to combine national art and modern art, how to make it smooth, not be hard and dry.”
And not far away, with his work, he demonstrates the power of national culture to be used creatively to make great monumental works. The monuments he composed are not only of cultural, historical and social conservation value but they are also of great value in preserving the values of visual arts.
For us, the young people were honored and regarded him as an artist monument – the statue artist composes statues.
MONUMENTS DISTRIBUTED MAP BY SCULPTOR TA QUANG BAO
Typical monumental works such as:
1.Reliefs “Dien Bien Phu” are located at Dien Bien Phu Martyrs Cemetery – Dien Bien Province.
2.Monument and relief works “Memorial of Noong Nhai”, composed in 1999, located in Thanh Xuong commune, Dien Bien, Dien Bien province.
3.Monument of “The folk song of artillery hoist in Dien Bien Phu” is located in Dien Bien province.
4.Monument “Hoang Van Thu” in 1991 was located in Ho Chi Minh City. Lang Son, Lang Son province.
5.Monument “Tran Quoc Tang”, bronze material, with a height nearly 10m, located in Cua Ong Ward, Cam Pha city, Quang Ninh province.
6. Monument “Xuan Trach Victory”, located in Vinh Phuc province.
7.Monument “Militia”, completed in 1975, in Canh Thuy Commune, Bac Giang with a height of 3m with reinforced concrete material.
8.Monument “Island of outposts” – copper mound material, height of 2m. The monument was awarded a Prize A National Fine Arts Exhibition, 1980.
9.Monument “Lo River Victory”, concrete material, 26m high pillar, 7m high statue group, completed in 1982, located at Nui Don, Doan Hung, Phu Tho.
10.Monument “Thanh Hoa Cemetery”, located in Thanh Hoa province.
11.Monument “Shining Homeland” located at National Martyrs Cemetery 9, 1997, Km 6, Highway 9, Ward 4, Dong Ha Town, Quang Tri Province.
12.Monument to honor the heroic martyrs placed at the Vietnam-Laos Martyrs Cemetery in Quang Tri in 1982.
13.Monument “Victory”, cement material and height of 12m, The work is currently on display at the Museum of Military Command Danang City.
14.Monument “Que Son Victory”, made of concrete, located in Cam Doi commune, Que Son district, Quang Nam province.
15.Monument “October 23”, material Granite, completed in 2000, located in 23 October Park, TP. Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa.
16.Monument “Nha Trang Victory” was completed in 2004, located in Park 2/4, TP. Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa.
17.Monument “The fallen heroes in Dak Lak”, located in Ho Chi Minh City, Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak province.
18.Monument “Uncle Ho with pioneers in Tay Nguyen”, completed in 2001, located in the city. Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak province.
19.Monument “Victory” on Cau Sinh river, completed in 2009, located in Hau Giang province.
20.Monument “Victory” in Hon Dat, Kien Giang province.
With the number of monuments built, Ta Quang Bao is an author with creative ability in monumental subjects, most of which are large-sized statues and reliefs. , has a strong shape with large blocks, multi-dimensional development, generalization, creating a unique style, high artistic value, in harmony with the environmental landscape.
Victory Monument Nha Trang, Nha Trang City. Author: Ta Quang Bao
THE CREATIVE LIFE OF THE ART-CREATIVE SCENE
1959-1963: He studied at the Industrial Fine Arts Intermediate School
1963-1966: He worked at the Fine Arts Institute
1966 – 1971: He was sent to study at the Faculty of Sculpture, College of Fine Arts.
1971-1975: The artist joined the army, after a period of training in the North, he went to the battle zone Zone V, worked as a painter of the Military Region V Union, Journal of Military Region.
Like many other visual artists on the battlefield, Ta Quang Bao is both a soldier holding a gun and an artist – a soldier. Despite the fierce battle, hardship and deprivation, he still engrossed in artistic activities.
Lo River Victory Monument, in Phu Tho. Author: Ta Quang Bao.
After 1975 – reunification of the country, after going through the battlefield, he composed the “Victory” – monument of cement material and the height of 12m, it seems to be that at that time this was a monument of the big size which hasn’t been done before. The work is currently on display at the Museum of the Military Command Danang City.
Next, he composed and built the monument “Men and women militia” in Canh Thuy Commune, Bac Giang with a height of 3m with material of reinforced concrete.
In 1976, he took a job at the Army Fine Arts Workshop
In 1985, the Army Fine Arts Workshop was dissolved, he transferred his work to the Vietnam Military History Museum and retired in 1995.
After retiring, he never stopped writing and going into artistic activities, especially for life-colored artworks, he brought a new breath to sculpture, that is Contemporary art with bold lines and layout, non-stop creation.
In 2001, Sculptor Ta Quang Bao awarded the State Prize for Arts and Literature for his work: “Vietnam – Laos Friendship” – with height of 3m; Monument to Buon Me Thuot Cemetery; – Monument to the Xuan Trach Victory (Fall Winter 1947 – Vinh Phuc); Nha Trang Victory Monument.
In 2016, Sculptor Ta Quang Thao received Ho Chi Minh Award for Literature and Art for two works: Monument “Victory of Que Son in Quang Nam and monument ”Victory of Lo River” is located in Phu Tho.
