Vietnam, Paintings

Jean-Louis Paguenaud (1876-1952), La Baie d'Along. © Sotheby's 2023 Following Sotheby’s first ever non-selling exhibition in Vietnam last summer, Hồn Xưa Bến Lạ | Timeless Souls: Beyond the Voyage, which saw thousands of visitors from around the world attending the four-day event, Sotheby’s is delighted to return with Mộng Viễn Đông | The Faraway East: of Dreams and Pursuits. A sequel to last year, the exhibition explores the narrative of French artists who travelled to or lived in French Indochina, and how they... [Lire la suite]

PARIS.- Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr held its first successful sale in Paris dedicated to Vietnamese Modernity under the direction of specialist Joan Yip (Wednesday 14 December). The 67-lot sale achieved a total of €413,188 with more than 75% of lots sold, many of them well above their estimates.A blend of Vietnamese and French traditions, the paintings in this sale explored not only the golden age of Vietnamese art (1930-1945) but also the pre-war and post-war period. Trained mostly at the prestigious Indochina School of... [Lire la suite]

Paris – In Paris on 14 December Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr is presenting, for the first time, a sale entitled La Modernité Vietnamienne under the direction of Joan Yip. Blending Vietnamese and French traditions, the sale explore not only the Golden Age of Vietnamese art (1930-1945) but also the earlier and post-war period with paintings by Vietnamese artists such as Lê Phổ, Nguyễn Phan Chánh, Hoàng Tích Chù, Diệp Minh Châu, and French artists who have lived in Vietnam such as Henri Mège or... [Lire la suite]

NEW OVERSIGHTS BY AGUTTES REGARDING TRẦN TẤN LỘC CASE As of today 05.03.2022 – 7 days from Kevin Vương’s initial Facebook post [1], 4 days from Art Republik’s article featuring Trần Tấn Lộc’s detailed, billingual biography by Kevin Vương [2], and 5 days from my article [3], the auction house Aguttes has displayed three questionable behaviours: Firstly, Aguttes has amended the artist name for “Jeune élégante se coiffant” (1932) to Trần Tấn Lộc [4], but still with Trần Bình Lộc’s birth and death years (1914-1941). More importantly,... [Lire la suite]

NICE.- The international art market is now bearing the brunt of the financial crisis brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of this, our Chief Expert, Jean Gauchet, has several pieces of advice to our readers. The newly released Art Market 2020 report by Art Basel and UBS analyses that the travel restrictions and bans on social events put up by governments worldwide are bringing a dramatic impact on the global art market. Indeed, a number of art fairs have already cancelled or postponed their show this year, including... [Lire la suite]

Vietnamese artists have been having a moment in the modern and contemporary art scene. In recent years, the Vietnamese fine art market has been enjoying more of the spotlight, paintings have commanded higher prices, and talented artists have emerged on the global stage in greater numbers. rtworks by Vietnamese artists had begun to attract an international audience since 1986, when the country opened its economy. Since then, Sotheby’s has played a big part in increasing recognition to some of the nation’s greatest artists,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 295. Lê Phổ (1907-2001),
Jeune femme assise songeuse appuyée à une table lisant ses lettres, un bouquet dans un vase devant elle
. Couleurs sur papier, 78 x 78,8 cm. Estimation : 45 000 € / 50 000 €. Courtesy Leclere. Provenance : Ancienne collection, Trương Văn Ý, ancien directeur de l’Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-Arts de Gia Định Acquis directement auprès de ce dernier. Collection du sud de la France
. Note : Lê Phổ est né le 2 août 1907 au hameau de Cự Lộc, commune de Nhân Chính, district de... [Lire la suite]

Lê Phổ (Vietnamese/French, 1907-2001), oil-on-canvas painting, 27.25 x 32in (framed). Sold for $52,000. Courtesy Palm Beach Modern Auctions.  WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- On May 25, the amiable team at Palm Beach Modern Auctions greeted “regulars” and new bidders alike to a 532-lot sale of high-quality art, designer furniture and outdoor sculptures from fine private collections. For many in attendance, the drawcard was the long list of desirable artists represented in the sale, but others, especially from the... [Lire la suite]

Bonhams is pleased to bring to sale from an important European private collection a selection of works from two of the last vanguards of modern Vietnamese art, Bùi Xuân Phái and Nguyễn Tư Nghiêm. Both artists belong to the last batch of graduates from the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d'Indochine (1941-1946), and were pivotal in the transmission of a modern sensibility.  This took place against a backdrop of development in Vietnamese art in the immediate post-war years, as artists situated in independence-seeking... [Lire la suite]

Lot 903. Nguyễn Tư Nghiêm (1922-2016), Danseurs, gouache sur papier, datée 68, 35x67 cm. Estimate: CHF7,000 - CHF9,000. Sold: CHF6,000. © Piguet Auction House. Provenance: achetée directement auprès de l'artiste en 1994.  Art précolombien Arts de l'Antiquité Arts d'Orient et d'Extrême-Orient Art Islamique by Piguet Hôtel des Ventes, Genève, December 12, 2018