Bui Huu Hung is a well-respected lacquer artist from Vietnam famous for his historically inspired figurative paintings. His lacquer paintings feature many layers of intricate design and almost always include silver and gold-leaf. Bui Huu Hung's works are varied but center around a common theme of recollection. He believes that new events, impressions and knowledge are built upon life's historical foundations. He strives to preserve the past by blending it with present day elements so that "it does not become reduced to lifeless words without visual detail".