Category: Documentaries

Le Pho's Une tasse de thé (A Cup of Tea) featured on a poster at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2018

Boi Tran Garden Collection, including Nguyen Trung’s works, exhibited at Minh Chau Art Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam, circa 2000s

Nguyen Phan Chanh’s beautiful calligraphy illustrated on his painting La Couture (Sewing) 裁就相思字， 叮咛寄远怀。 月明秋夜永， 夫婿未归来 I have sewn my love into the clothes made for you. I repeat thousands of words to express my concern for your long journey. This autumn night sky with a bright moon seems to never die, But my husband ...

Portrait of Japanese Painter Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japan-France, 1886-1968) photographed by Pierre Vauthey. Portrait de Jeune Fille à Hanoi (Portrait of a Young Girl in Hanoi) is one of Foujita's masterpieces illustrating the beauty of a Vietnamese lady. After having studied Western-style painting in Japan, Foujita travelled to Paris, where he encountered the international modern ...

Tran Luu Hau's Inscription to Boi Tran in 2007 "To Boi Tran the most elegant lady and as a woman painter, you are second to none. Hau"

An honorary certificate for Nguyen Do Cung's valuable creations: the Resistance paintings subjected to heighten the Resistance spirits. Certificate signed by President Ho Chi Minh and dated 15 June 1948. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM INDEPENDENCE - LIBERTY - HAPPINESS PRIME MINISTER PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AWARD CERTIFICATE MR. Nguyen Do Cung President ...

A handwritten letter by Diep Minh Chau dated June 5th, 1992 regarding Le Van De's A Lady of Hue The translation of this letter is as follows: I have known Le Van De, who lived in Hanoi for 5 years. He usually painted through the medium of Ha Dong silk. He probably utilised Ha Dong ...

Le Pho's Une tasse de thé (A Cup of Tea) featured on the front cover of Drouot Publication: Binoche issued on 9 June 1997 before the exhibition of Vietnamese art in the Netherlands, 1997. Handwriting by the author Christie's Senior Expert Jean-François Hubert for Bem "Pour Bem, la meilleure" ("Dear Bem, the best") dated 7 ...

Interpretation of the poem illustrated on Nguyen Phan Chanh’s La Marchande De Oc. 温柔乡里竟春深， 野味清粗子销魂。 最是娇路难尽处， 灵山何必梦中寻. —己巳年松月梅雪主人阮潘正笔 Spring is deepening in my beautiful hometown. Simple and gross food and meat hunts can be; their delicious tastes linger in the minds and palates of children. The road to comfort and sophistication is strewn with pitfalls. ...

Le Pho's La maison familiale au Tonkin (The family home in Tonkin) at Salon des artistes, 1930, Grand Palais, Paris Exposed/Exhibited: Salon des artistes, 1930, Grand Palais, Paris Former collection of Dr Houbert, Vichy Coll. Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen Cann, Paris Vietnamese art exhibition, Netherlands, 1997