Category: Documentaries

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

Ms Alida Noordegraaf posing in front of Le Pho’s masterpieces, including La maison familiale au Tonkin (The family home in Tonkin), Femme du Mandarin (The Mandarin’s Wife) and holding Le Pho's Une tasse de thé (A Cup of Tea) at the Vietnamese art exhibition in the Netherlands, 1997.

A handwritten letter of the former Director of Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (1998-2003) to Boi Tran (Vietnam, B. 1957) "Hue, 14 November 2013 Dear BOI TRAN I, CAO TRONG THIEM, former Director of Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (1998-2003), came to see you but, unfortunately, failed to meet you! Accompanied by: — Mr PHAN ...

The first banknote sketched by Mai Van Hien (Vietnam, 1923-2006), together with Nguyen Do Cung (Vietnam, 1912-1977), Nguyen Sang (Vietnam, 1923-1988) and Nguyen Van Khanh for the government of Vietnam in 1945 as per an assignment by Finance Minister Pham Van Dong (later Prime Minister during 1955-1976).

A handwritten letter of Mai Van Hien (Vietnam, 1923-2006) to Boi Tran (Vietnam, B. 1957) and Boi Tran Art Gallery in 1998. "Hanoi, 3 April 1998 Dear Boi Tran Art Gallery, After a while away from Hanoi, I received a letter of invitation to the grand opening of the art gallery when returning home. Heartfelt ...

Letter of Victor Tardieu (French, 1870-1937) to Dr Morax.