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Luong Xuan Nhi

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LƯƠNG XUÂN NHỊ (1914-2006)
Jeune femme au tricot
Oil on canvas, signed upper left
61 x 46 cm - 24 x 18 1/8 in.

In his painting, the artist depicts a woman dressed in traditional áo dài garb, wearing a white veil a white veil over her hair, sitting on a chair chair, knitting in an interior. The artist uses an intense chromatic range and a vibrant vibrant brushstrokes lend great richness to her composition. Indeed, in his work, the artist the artist plays with light and color to create a soft, peaceful atmosphere, characteristic of his pictorial style.

Lương Xuân Nhị stands among the most significant figures of 20th-century Vietnamese art.
Born in Hanoi in 1914, he grew up during a period when colonial expansion fostered strong cultural and artistic exchanges between Europe and Indochina. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine founded in 1924 and graduated in 1937, at the top of his class.

He studied under Nguyễn Nam Sơn and Victor Tardieu, absorbing both Western academic methods and traditional Vietnamese aesthetics. One of the first Vietnamese painters to adopt oil painting, he also mastered the delicate medium of silk painting, which would later become his hallmark.