« Three Young Ladies » by Luong Xuan Nhi, 1936.
Luong Xuan Nhi holds a prominent place within 20th Century pictorial Vietnamese art. He was a graduate from the Hanoi…
Month: April 2020
Watercolors by Thang Tran Phenh (1895 – 1972)
This series of nine watercolors is absolutely unique in Vietnamese painting: they can be dated around 1930-1935 when the painter…
« The Betel Nut Seller » – Nguyen Phan Chanh. 1931
Considered icons of Vietnamese art, the early works of Nguyen Phan Chanh were critically acclaimed, widely published, and avidly collected…
Nguyen Trung: grace against dogmastism
Certainly, the history of 20th century Vietnamese painting must be clearly described – in artistic terms – by referring to…
Le Pho – « Le Moment Agréable ». Around 1938.
Dr. Francois Charles, a prominent doctor working in Oran, French Algeria, first acquired the present lot from the well-known cultural…
Joseph Inguimberty – « Woman in a Hammock ». 1940
Joseph Inguimberty had been teaching at the Fine Arts School of Hanoi for fifteen years when he started on this…
Vu Cao Dam – Composition
As a literary man, French was a language Vu Cao Dam mastered perfectly with great ease. It is evident that…