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General Vo Nguyen Giap (Vietnam, 1911-2013) and the Vietnamese Fine Arts Delegation on a business trip in the Soviet Union around 1958-1959; standing from left to right: Mai Van Hien, X, X, To Huu, Phan Ke An, Diep Minh Chau and seated from left to right: Tran Van Can, Vo Nguyen Giap, Luong Xuan Nhi.
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 ...
Boi Tran (Vietnam, B. 1957) Praying oil on canvas 40 x 30 cm. (15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.) painted circa 2000 The work is accompanied by a photograph of Boi Tran posing in front of her work at Minh Chau Art Gallery in Hanoi, circa 2000. Provenance Collection of the artist Collection of Boi ...
Rosa Bonheur (France, 1822–1899) Labourage nivernais (Ploughing in Nevers) oil on canvas 133 × 260 cm. (52 × 100 in.) painted in 1849 Collection of Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France Rosa Bonheur was an exceptional painter who broke all the codes of her time. She specialized in animal painting, a genre hitherto reserved for men. It ...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (France, 1864–1901) Jeanne avril dansant (Jane Avril Dancing) Oil on cardboard 85 x 45 cm. (33.46 x 17.71 in.) painted circa 1892 Collection of Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France While Toulouse-Lautrec is accustomed to painting Montmartre cabaret dancers such as La Goulue, Jane here surprises us with the particular movement of her legs, ...
Firm of Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, ca. 1870-1920) Gatchina Palace Egg gold, enamel, silver-gilt, portrait diamonds, rock crystal and seed pearls executed in 1901 Provenance Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930 Collection of Walters Art Museum Fabergé And The Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire’s Legacy Gatchina Palace Egg House of Fabergé (Russian, est. 1842) (Manufacturer) Mikhail ...
Jean Simeon Chardin (France, 1699-1779) La raie (The Ray) oil on canvas 114 cm × 146 cm (45 in × 57 in) painted in 1728 Collection of Louvre Museum, Paris, France At the Louvre, there's an enigmatic smile that's almost as successful as the Mona Lisa: Chardin's Stingray. In 1728, Chardin achieved the feat of ...
Caravaggio (Italy, 1571–1610) David with the Head of Goliath oil on canvas 200 x 100 cm (78.7 x 39.3 in.) painted circa 1609–1610 Collection of Galleria Borghese, Rome Caravaggio (Italy, 1571–1610) David with the Head of Goliath oil on poplar wood 91.2 x 116.2 cm. (35.9 x 45.7 in.) painted circa 1600-1601 The 17th-century Baroque ...
Dorothea Lange's iconic 1936 photograph of Florence Owens Thompson, Migrant Mother Dorothea Lange (America, 1895–1965) Migrant Mother 28.3 cm × 21.8 cm (11.1 in × 8.6 in) 1936 Collection of Museum of Modern Art, New York In 1936, the photographer worked for the Farm Security Administration. At the request of the Roosevelt government, she took documentary photographs to document farmers' poverty during ...
David Hockney (Britain, B. 1937) A Bigger Splash Acrylic on canvas 242.5 cm × 243.9 cm (95.5 in × 96.0 in) painted in 1967 Collection of Tate Britain, London Invite you to delve into Hockney's "pool paintings" series, in which, from 1964 onwards, the painter almost obsessively depicts swimming pools. But why such an obsession? When he discovered California, and more ...
