title: Diệp Minh Châu
text: # Diệp Minh Châu
  
  Diệp Minh Châu (10 February 1919 - 12 July 2002) was a Vietnamese painter and sculptor. He studied at the University of Hanoi. He was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize for fine art in 1996.
  
  ## Works
  
  * "Passing the mangrove forest” (Gouache, 1947) Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
  
  Comparison of the same statues made from different material:
  
  | 1959 poly statue Phu Loi people feel hatred for the enemy. | 1959 bronze statue The people of Phu Loi oppose the enemy. |
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