Le Pho: « Les Poissons rouges », The Beauty of Domesticated Nature
The painting presented here is unique in the production of the artist– subject to external stock taking. Indeed, if the…
Nguyen Phan Chanh « La femme dans la rizière » – The End of a World
This important silk dated 1936 (bing-zi), more precisely recorded as ‘Summer 1936’ by the hand of the artist on the…
Mai Thu « Nue » – The Reciprocal Acculturation
This painting is a ‘translation‘ – a term carefully chosen – by Mai Thu, of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ (1780-1857) famous painting,…
Le Pho – Femme Assise – Farewell to the Chinese Temptation
Femme assise is a majestic and unique work by Le Pho, very different to any of his other creations throughout his…
Vu Cao Dam « Kneeling Woman » – 1940-45
Very early on, Vu Cao Dam developed an extraordinary talent as a sculptor while at the Hanoi Fine Arts School.…
Le Pho: “Abandon”, a milestone in the artist’s work.
All the greatest painters keep painting interpretations of the same subject as their relation to the world. For Le Pho,…
Vu Cao Dam – The Mandarin
Upon seeing The Mandarin, Mrs Yannick Vu-Jakober, daughter of the artist Vu Cao Dam, wrote in a letter addressed to…
To Ngoc Van « Les désabusées » 1932
To Ngoc Van succeeds in creating an outstanding work of art which is also a political manifesto, with subtleness and irreproachable technique.
« Mother and Child » – Le Thi Luu
Let us imagine the scene: the year is 1992, Le Pho, his wife Paulette and I are in a beautiful…
Hoang Tich Chu & Nguyen Tien Chung – « La moyenne région »
It is indeed rare to encounter such a work in 20th century Vietnamese painting. Both great painters graduated from the…