Background
Bui Xuan Phai was born on September 1, 1920 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Bui Xuan Phai was born on September 1, 1920 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
He epitomizes for the Vietnamese the lone artist suffering for his art: he lost his teaching position at the Hanoi College of Fine Arts in 1957 for supporting Nhân Văn affair. He was not allowed to show his work in public until a solo exhibition in 1984.
Bui Xuan Phai unfortunately died in 1988, in Hanoi.
He supported Nhân Văn affair.