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…
Le Pho «View From The Hilltop» – 1937
Le Pho is widely regarded as one of the greatest Vietnamese painters of the 20th century. After returning to Vietnam…
Le Pho : the emancipated confucian
The representation of a couple remains rare in the work of Le Pho. Himself an orphan at a very young…
Nguyen Phan Chanh: “The Child with the Bird”
When Jean Tardieu, Victor’s son, received a request to write an article for the special issue ‘Christmas 1932’ of ‘L’Illustration’…
Vu Cao Dam : painter or sculptor ?
Painter or sculptor ? Vu Cao Dam was both, splitting his activity between two representations, one three dimensional as for…
The Young Lady of Hue – A masterpiece by Mai Thu
Love is always a betrayal. To think it takes courage, to know it requires experience and to paint it demands…