Perfume River: inspiration for French painters
04/12/2021 07:44
In 2015, Dang Tien, a critic, wrote me that he had just found a painting of the Perfume river by Bauchaud, a French artist, in 1902. The beautiful painting vividly depicted women from the market waiting to get on the boat by the Perfume river. The painting later appeared on the cover of the special issue of the Song Huong Magazine (Perfume River Magazine) in March 2015.
Capturing bucolic landscape
03/12/2021 08:05
Falling in love with the peaceful and rustic look of the countryside, Phan Vu Tuan, a young painter, always spends his time traveling on countryside roads to paint. The familiar scenery in his watercolors reveals his thoughtful love for his homeland.
The Painter Gaston Roullet & Hue
02/09/2021 09:20
Gaston Roullet (1847-1925) was the first French painter to arrive in Indochina. Roullet sailed from the port of Toulon on August 20, 1885, on board the ship La Shamrock of the French Navy. After 5 weeks, the ship reached Saigon. Despite only stopping here a few days to prepare to go north and receive his assignment, it was from here that Roullet really started his journey with his painting in Indochina.
Meetings with a talented man
19/08/2021 10:56
I was not very surprised when receiving the news that the painter Hoang Dang Nhuan had passed away because he was old, and had been suffering from a stroke for many years. I suddenly recalled my meetings with him, from the first time almost a quarter of a century ago to his final years...
Perfume River: inspiration for French painters
In 2015, Dang Tien, a critic, wrote me that he had just found a painting of the Perfume river by Bauchaud, a French artist, in 1902. The beautiful painting vividly depicted women from the market waiting to get on the boat by the Perfume river. The painting later appeared on the cover of the special issue of the Song Huong Magazine (Perfume River Magazine) in March 2015.