Le Pho « La Jeune Fille en Blanc », 1931-32, or the memory that doesn’t fade
“Jeune fille en Blanc” (Young Girl in White) is an exceptional work by Le Pho : historically, intellectually, artistically. When Le…
Le Pho « Paysage du Tonkin », 1932-1934, Or the choice of the dream against the memory
“Paysage du Tonkin” (Landscape of Tonkin), signed, signed again in Chinese lower right is a lacquer on panel of exceptional…
The good man, the bad man and the ugly. Or a compromise of the soul with the instinct : a 2023 point of view on the vietnamese painting
The history of art is not just a history of beauty, a concept so broad that it can support all…
SADEAI, FARTA, Salon Unique, AGINDO : Under the acronyms and words, a strong commitment to promote Vietnamese Painting and Sculpture
The “Indochina School of Fine Arts” organized exhibitions very early on to show the work of its students. It was…
Mai Thu, 1946, La Femme au châle rouge (The Woman With The Red Shawl) or the eyes and the heart
In 1946, Mai Thu has been living for the past two years in Vanves, a commune bordering Paris, in an…
Le Pho, « La Femme Aux Rosiers » (The Woman With Roses), circa 1940, or the incredible sweetness of being
Our gouache and ink on silk of beautiful dimension is remarkable by the extreme softness which emerges and, by the…
Vu Cao Dam – Head of a Young Woman, 1946 or the enbodiment against attenuation
This sumptuous head, of rare elegance, (high: 26 cm with the stand) is modelled – not moulded. A unique piece…
Mai Thu, 1943, « L’élégante Interrogation » (The Elegant Questioning), or Will All The Images Disappear?
The interior bears witness to the somewhat old-fashioned austerity of the wealthy residences in Hanoi or Hue, at the time.…
Le Pho, « Les Lys » (The Lillies), circa 1936, or art, “renunciation of the intelligence to reason the concrete”
Our work, subject to inventory, is the most beautiful “bouquet” of flowers painted by Le Pho who was prolix in…
Nguyen Do Cung, 1947, la Combattante (The Combatant) or the Bodoi’s Sob
Born in the village of Xuan Tao, in the Tu Liem district of the Hanoi suburbs, Nguyen Do Cung (1912-1977)…