One lot, one painting, one hammer blow!
This shows how important this masterpiece by Nguyen Nam Son, which has never been on the market, according to the new auction house Art Research Paris, which is putting it up for sale on March 30, is for Vietnam but also for France.
This iconic portrait of the artist's mother, weathered by the weight of the years, recounts the close ties that united these two countries through fruitful artistic exchanges.
Colonial expansion went hand in hand with the government's desire to spread an image of prosperity in metropolitan France.
Art at the service of the colonies as in the time of the Orientalist painters who brought back to France, from the end of the 18th century, the colors and the light of the Orient.
“A deep portrait like a Madonna”
Coming from a family of scholars, Nguyen Van Tho, better known by his artist name Nam Son, was born in 1890 in Hanoi, where he studied at the protectorate high school.
His mentor, the Orleans painter Victor Tardieu, living in Indochina, propelled his career.
Together, they create the School of Fine Arts…
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