Painter Le Anh Van, Rector of Vietnam University of Fine Arts, is a brilliant painter of Vietnam ’s contemporary painting style, particularly in the theme of landscapes and countryside. He has an idiosyncratic style and his works leave a long-lasting impression on viewers at both domestic and international exhibitions. Painter Le Anh Van. “The yard inside and the land outside” (Synthetic). “The Da River tunnel” – 1987 (Oil). “Freedom” – 1995 (Synthetic). “The living space” – 1999 (Synthetic). “The system of defence works” – 1984 (Oil) that won the First Prize at the National Fine Arts Exhibition in 1985 and an Award for Literature and Arts in 2006 from the Vietnamese State.   It is said that his recent paintings of landscapes and countryside seem to be a dream that reminds one of a sweet childhood, full of memories, with typical rural sceneries of late afternoons with smoke from cooking fires, stubble-fields, small hamlet alleys, buffaloes, village’s gates, scorching days or moonlit nights. His paintings are poetic and sad but warm the heart, revealing the world of the artist’s innermost feelings in every stroke and refined colour. By a strong, liberal and modern style and harmonious combination of colours, painter Le Anh Van creates a rustic and peaceful Vietnamese countryside and shows his nostalgia and dreams of the native land which preserves his never-to-be-forgotten childhood. Story: Thai Hoa Photos: Tat Son – Files