An art work by Le Pho (Source:VNA)Hong Kong (VNA) - Family Life,an artwork by late Vietnamese painter Le Pho, fetched 1.2m USD at a Modern andContemporary Art auction at Hong Kong’s Sotheby’s home late last week.
The painting, made with ink and gouache — a type of watermedia consisting ofpigment, water, a binding agent (usually dextrin or gum arabic), and sometimesadditional inert material — is 82cm x 66cm and was completed during the periodof 1937-39.
It combined "Oriental" themes with "Occidental" forms, a specialtyin Pho’s works.
Le Pho (1907 - 2001) was a Vietnamese painter. In 1932, he earned a scholarshipto study at École des Beaux-Arts (National School of Fine Arts) in Paris. Afterreturning to the country, he taught at Vietnam University of Fine Arts in Hanoi.
His favourite subjects are Vietnam landscapes, still life with flowers, familysettings and portraits. Vietnamese women — often portrayed as elongated,surrealistic figures — are a recurrent theme in his works.
As part of the university’s first generation, Pho spent most of his timeworking in France. Each of his works are painstakingly well-preserved, storedand separated into seperated files. Thanks to that, his paintings are thrivingon the world market. His works normally range from 10,000 USD to 50,000 per USDpainting.
Before Family Life was sold, three other of the artist’s pieces sold at highprices this year.
The trio Nhin Tu Dinh Doi (A View From Top of The Hill, oil in canvas, 1937),sold at 844,697 USD , Thieu Nu va Canh Na (Young Lady and the Sugar Applebranch, silk on canvas, 1938), sold at 567,178 USD at Hong Kong’s Christie’s;and Tinh Mau Tu (Motherhood, silk canvas, 1940) sold at 629,276 USD atHongkong’s Sotheby’s.-VNA
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