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* Phuc Duyen TRAN (1923–1993) ‘View of the Fishing Village’,…
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* Phuc Duyen TRAN (1923–1993) ‘View of the Fishing Village’,…
See original version (French)
Estimate €15,000 - €20,000
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Description
* Phuc Duyen TRAN (1923–1993)
‘View of the Fishing Village’, 1951
Polychrome lacquer and gold panel.
Signed and dated in the bottom right-hand corner.
57 x 45 cm
(Minor chips in the corners).
Provenance: private collection in the south of France.
This rare lacquer panel, created by the master lacquer artist Phuc Duyen TRAN, represents one of the high points of the artist’s career and demonstrates his consummate mastery of this unique material, which is deeply rooted in his Vietnamese heritage.
Born in Hanoi, he enrolled at the Indochina School of Fine Arts in 1942, graduating in 1946 with a specialisation in lacquer. Building on this training, the artist quickly established himself as one of the most renowned lacquer artists of his generation, depicting idealised views of the countryside of his native Vietnam, which he nevertheless left for France in 1954, whilst in his thirties. He then continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of Jean Souverbie (1891–1981), before subsequently settling in Switzerland.
His works from the 1950s, known as the ‘Vietnamese period’ – to which this piece belongs – bear witness to a particularly prolific phase in the artist’s career. They are characterised by lacquer compositions that skilfully play on the contrasts of red or brown backgrounds, brought to life by lush landscapes in which the full potential of this medium is realised. Our panel thus depicts a peaceful scene of Vietnamese rural life, punctuated by the reflections on the water, the slender silhouettes of palm trees and lush vegetation rendered in exquisite golden tones. Taking the form of folding screens, decorative panels, furniture or wall compositions, his art has continually explored the aesthetic potential of lacquer, which he helped elevate to the status of a true modern art form.
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