Hanoi (VNA) – A painting entitled ‘Mère et enfant’ (Mother and child) by Vietnamese-French painter Le Thi Luu has been sold for 529,200 EUR (some 562,000USD) in an online auction by Sotheby’s.
Though it was initially expectedto fetch 80,000 EUR, it ended up getting the highest bid at the ‘Indochine’auction from April 14-21.
The 35.8 x 27.5 cm inkand color on silk work, created in 1960, depicts a mother carrying her child inher arms. They appear to be traditional Vietnamese, with the mother wearing awhite 'ao dai.'
(Photo: Sotheby’s)"This touching,intimist painting on silk is emblematic of the work of Le Thi Luu, suffusedwith the devoted love between mother and child," Sotheby’s wrote on its website.
Bornin 1911, Luu was one of the first women students at the Ecole des Beaux-Artsd’Indochine (Indochina College of Fine Arts), and at 16 became its first womanpainter.
She moved to Paris with herhusband, Ngo The Tan, in the early 1940s. She immersed herself in herVietnamese cultural roots with a series of ink and pigment works on silk in the1950s.
Vietnamese women and childrenwere her favorite subjects. She is well-known for her ability to combinecolors, light and delicate strokes.
Her paintings have beenexhibited at many galleries in Paris.
By 1962 she was teaching atmany art schools in France such as Lycée Corot, Lycée Rodin Paris and Lycéed'Orsay. In 1971, she retired and movedto the south of France. She passed away in 1988.
‘Indochine’ was dedicated toVietnamese arts of the 20th century, and 49 paintings, lacquer works andsculptures by the first graduates of the Indochina College of Fine Arts wentunder the hammer./.
Though it was initially expectedto fetch 80,000 EUR, it ended up getting the highest bid at the ‘Indochine’auction from April 14-21.
The 35.8 x 27.5 cm inkand color on silk work, created in 1960, depicts a mother carrying her child inher arms. They appear to be traditional Vietnamese, with the mother wearing awhite 'ao dai.'
(Photo: Sotheby’s)Bornin 1911, Luu was one of the first women students at the Ecole des Beaux-Artsd’Indochine (Indochina College of Fine Arts), and at 16 became its first womanpainter.
She moved to Paris with herhusband, Ngo The Tan, in the early 1940s. She immersed herself in herVietnamese cultural roots with a series of ink and pigment works on silk in the1950s.
Vietnamese women and childrenwere her favorite subjects. She is well-known for her ability to combinecolors, light and delicate strokes.
Her paintings have beenexhibited at many galleries in Paris.
By 1962 she was teaching atmany art schools in France such as Lycée Corot, Lycée Rodin Paris and Lycéed'Orsay. In 1971, she retired and movedto the south of France. She passed away in 1988.
‘Indochine’ was dedicated toVietnamese arts of the 20th century, and 49 paintings, lacquer works andsculptures by the first graduates of the Indochina College of Fine Arts wentunder the hammer./.
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