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)…
Return to a poem written by Nguyen Phan Chanh for « La Marchande de Oc », 1929
The “Marchande de oc‘” is, subject to inventory, the first gouache and ink on silk executed by Nguyen Phan Chanh. …
Do Duc Thuan : « Port On The Red River », 1933, or a little turn and then goes away?
Born in 1898 in Hanoi, on Takou Street, Do Duc Thuan came from a traditional Confucian family. Little is known…
Nguyen Phan Chanh, 1932, « La Marchande de Riz »
Nguyen Phan Chanh’s early works are considered to be icons of Vietnamese art. Some of the most widely acknowledged include:…
Nguyen Phan Chanh, 1931, « La Couture », or the feeling of the gesture must be the gesture of the feeling
The Paris Colonial Exhibition, which closed on November 15, 1931, allowed Victor Tardieu’s School of Fine Arts to acquire an…
Le Pho, ” La Femme du Mandarin (The Mandarin’s Wife), 1931, or a vehement impassivity
Every great painter has his emblematic work. Among many others, Guernica for Picasso, Le déjeuner sur l’herbe for Manet, David…
Le Pho, « The Bath », circa 1938, or the instrumentalization of the nude
“Le Bain” (The Bath) by Le Pho, an exquisite gouache and ink on silk (39×40 cm), is one of the painter’s…