Paintings by Nguyen Tu Nghiem exhibited at the event (Source: VNA) London (VNA) – Art works of Vietnam’s renowned painters Nguyen TuNghiem and Bui Xuan Phai are on display at two galleries in the United Kingdomfrom November 5-9, within the framework of the 2018 edition of Asian Art InLondon.
These paintings are owned by Swiss collector PaulHugentobler.
At the opening of the exhibition, Louise Malcom, an experton Indochinese fine arts, introduced visitors to the foundation history of Vietnam’scontemporary fine arts as well as several French painters’ influences on thecountry’s contemporary fine arts.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Tran Ngoc An expressed hisdelight at constant development of the Vietnam-UK relations over the past 45years, ranging from diplomacy, economics, trade, defence, education to culture.
He said he was touched when seeing more and more people inLondon are interested in Vietnam’s culture and arts.
Bui Xuan Phai (1920-1988) is well-known for his paintings aboutHanoi. His house at No. 87 Thuoc Bac street, Hanoi now becomes a small museumdisplaying art works of him and his son.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Tu Nghiem (1918-2016) is a Vietnamese lacquerpainter known for his works which melded European Post-Impressionist techniqueswith Vietnamese subject matter.-VNA
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