LƯƠNG XUÂN NHỊ (1914–2006)

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.