{"id":5071,"date":"2002-11-15T08:58:38","date_gmt":"2002-11-15T08:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:55:11","slug":"small-and-miniature-paintings-by-the-masters-at-minh-chau-art-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/small-and-miniature-paintings-by-the-masters-at-minh-chau-art-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nh\u1eefng T\u00e1c Ph\u1ea9m Nh\u1ecf V\u00e0 Tinh Tuy\u1ec3n C\u1ee7a C\u00e1c Danh H\u1ecda T\u1ea1i Ph\u00f2ng Tranh Minh Ch\u00e2u"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\tNh\u1eefng T\u00e1c Ph\u1ea9m Nh\u1ecf V\u00e0 Tinh Tuy\u1ec3n C\u1ee7a C\u00e1c Danh H\u1ecda T\u1ea1i Ph\u00f2ng Tranh Minh Ch\u00e2u\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\t\tAsian Art News\t<\/h5>\n\t

Minh Chau Art Gallery showcased the tender works of Vietnam’s great masters, small in scale yet vast in spirit. From Bui Xuan Phai’s intimate portraits to Nguy\u1ec5n T\u01b0\u1eddng L\u00e2n’s quiet grace, these miniature paintings carried within them a country’s soul. Among them, Boi Tran’s presence shimmered like silk, gentle, devoted, and luminous. Hers was not only a brush, but a breath, woven into the legacy of those who came before and those still to come.<\/p>\n

\u0110\u00f3 kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng b\u1ee9c tranh.\nM\u00e0 l\u00e0 k\u00fd \u1ee9c n\u1eb1m g\u1ecdn trong l\u00f2ng b\u00e0n tay.\nNh\u1eefng kho\u1ea3nh kh\u1eafc t\u0129nh t\u1ea1i.\nNh\u1eefng \u00e2m vang c\u1ee7a s\u1ef1 thu\u1ed9c v\u1ec1.\n\nM\u1ed9t l\u1eddi tri \u00e2n d\u00e0nh cho v\u1ebb \u0111\u1eb9p b\u1ec1n b\u1ec9 trong h\u00ecnh th\u1ee9c l\u1eb7ng l\u1ebd.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Asian\n\t\tAsian Art News Magazine\n\t\t\t\t\"Catalog\n\t\tCatalog Frontpage of Small and Miniature Paintings by the Masters’ Exhibition at Minh Chau Art Gallery\n\t

Tri\u1ec3n l\u00e3m quy t\u1ee5 m\u1ed9t ph\u1ed5 t\u00e1c ph\u1ea9m \u0111a d\u1ea1ng c\u1ee7a nh\u1eefng t\u00ean tu\u1ed5i ti\u00eau bi\u1ec3u trong m\u1ef9 thu\u1eadt Vi\u1ec7t Nam th\u1ebf k\u1ef7 XX. Nh\u1eefng ngh\u1ec7 s\u0129 nh\u01b0 B\u00f9i Xu\u00e2n Ph\u00e1i (1921\u20131988), Nguy\u1ec5n T\u01b0 Nghi\u00eam (1922\u20132016), Nguy\u1ec5n S\u00e1ng (1923\u20131988) v\u00e0 Nguy\u1ec5n Trung (sinh n\u0103m 1940) \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c bi\u1ebft \u0111\u1ebfn r\u1ed9ng r\u00e3i trong khu v\u1ef1c v\u00e0 tr\u00ean b\u00ecnh di\u1ec7n qu\u1ed1c t\u1ebf.\n\n\u00cdt \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c nh\u1eafc \u0111\u1ebfn h\u01a1n trong gi\u1edbi s\u01b0u t\u1eadp r\u1ed9ng l\u1edbn, nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng k\u00e9m ph\u1ea7n quan tr\u1ecdng, l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng ngh\u1ec7 s\u0129 nh\u01b0 Nguy\u1ec5n Phan Ch\u00e1nh (1892\u20131984), Tr\u1ea7n V\u0103n C\u1ea9n (1910\u20131994), D\u01b0\u01a1ng B\u00edch Li\u00ean (1924\u20131988), Nguy\u1ec5n Ti\u1ebfn Chung (1914\u20131976) v\u00e0 L\u01b0u C\u00f4ng Nh\u00e2n (1931\u20132007).\n\nTrong kho\u1ea3ng hai th\u1eadp ni\u00ean g\u1ea7n \u0111\u00e2y, c\u00f9ng v\u1edbi qu\u00e1 tr\u00ecnh h\u1ed9i nh\u1eadp c\u1ee7a Vi\u1ec7t Nam v\u1edbi th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi, t\u00e1c ph\u1ea9m c\u1ee7a nh\u1eefng ngh\u1ec7 s\u0129 n\u00e0y d\u1ea7n hi\u1ec7n di\u1ec7n trong nhi\u1ec1u b\u1ed9 s\u01b0u t\u1eadp, g\u00f3p ph\u1ea7n l\u00e0m r\u00f5 h\u01a1n chi\u1ec1u s\u00e2u v\u00e0 s\u1ef1 \u0111a d\u1ea1ng c\u1ee7a m\u1ef9 thu\u1eadt Vi\u1ec7t Nam.<\/p>\n\t

The connection within this group of artists with the exception of Luu Cong Nhan and Nguyen Trung is that they were all students at the highly influential \u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine, which opened its doors in Hanoi in 1925. As a colonial art institution, French painting, the School of Paris in particular, and European in general were the basis of the curriculum. The influence of this school and the artists who attended it until it closed after World War II is still felt, even among the youngest artists working in Vietnam today.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Nguyen\n\t\tNguyen Sang (Vietnam, 1923-1988), Cats, gouache on paper, 40 x 60 cm. (15 3\/4 x 23 5\/8 in.)\n\t

Modern and contemporary Vietnamese painting has been dominated by figurative and landscape painting and drawing. And so it is the case with the work on display in this exhibition. Of the work that can safely be referred to as truly miniature, it is that of Bui Xuan Phai that stands out. Portraits of his son (gouache) and of the poets Quang Dung (gouache) and Ho Xuan Huong (colour pencil) are striking as strong character studies and in their attention to detail. Phai. famous for his paintings of Hanoi’s streets and traditional Vietnamese opera, has been thoroughly imitated by numerous artists over the years. No one, however, has achieved the subtlety of vision that Phai did during his life.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Tran\n\t\tTran Van Can (1910-1994), Lady Washing Hair, circa 1970, woodcut print, 32,5 x 22,5 cm. (12 3\/4 x 8 7\/8 in.)\n\t

Nguyen Tien Chung, who specialized in woodcuts, lacquer, and silk painting, was clearly an artist who had great empathy for working people. In his small drawings of people at work and at rest, Chung reveals his subjects as people with immense character and human dignity. His eye for detail-the strength of the farmer’s hands holding a hoe, the subtlety of a woman’s smile, and the cocky angle of a hat-adds more to his studies of their characters. Where Chung succeeded in capturing the integrity of his subjects, Nguyen Tu Nghiem has long been famous for capturing the spirit of Vietnamese society through his singular attention to its traditional arts and culture. and doing so in a manner that speaks to the modern world.<\/p>\n\t

\u0110\u1ed1i v\u1edbi nh\u1eefng ai \u0111\u00e3 ch\u1ee9ng ki\u1ebfn nh\u1eefng bi\u1ebfn chuy\u1ec3n nhanh ch\u00f3ng c\u1ee7a Vi\u1ec7t Nam t\u1eeb th\u1eadp ni\u00ean 1980, ngay c\u1ea3 nh\u1eefng t\u00e1c ph\u1ea9m s\u1edbm nh\u1ea5t c\u0169ng kh\u00f4ng h\u1ec1 tr\u1edf n\u00ean xa l\u1ea1 trong hi\u1ec7n t\u1ea1i.\n\nTh\u1ef1c v\u1eady, nhi\u1ec1u t\u00e1c ph\u1ea9m trong tri\u1ec3n l\u00e3m mang m\u1ed9t ph\u1ea9m ch\u1ea5t v\u01b0\u1ee3t th\u1eddi gian, n\u01a1i tinh th\u1ea7n, n\u1ebfu kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0 phong c\u00e1ch, v\u1eabn c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 nh\u1eadn ra r\u00f5 r\u00e0ng trong th\u1ef1c h\u00e0nh c\u1ee7a th\u1ebf h\u1ec7 ngh\u1ec7 s\u0129 tr\u1ebb h\u00f4m nay.<\/p>\n\t

The lyrical and romantic qualities that are so singularly present in much of contemporary Vietnamese art have their roots in the work of these masters’ understanding of the best qualities of European painting and Vietnamese tradition. For those critics who feel that modern and contemporary Vietnamese painting is a mere rehashing of French art, then they would do well to take a much closer look at the work of these artists and their traditions. They speak to the heart of a culture that seeks its unique place in the contemporary art scene.<\/p>\n\t

Ian Findlay<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

T\u1ea1i Ph\u00f2ng Tranh Minh Ch\u00e2u, nh\u1eefng b\u1eadc danh h\u1ecda Vi\u1ec7t Nam c\u1ea5t ti\u1ebfng qua nh\u1eefng n\u00e9t v\u1ebd nh\u1ecf, d\u1ecbu v\u00e0 tinh: ch\u00e2n dung, phong c\u1ea3nh, k\u00fd \u1ee9c \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ch\u01b0ng c\u1ea5t trong nh\u1eefng khu\u00f4n h\u00ecnh v\u1eeba l\u00f2ng tay. Gi\u1eefa \u0111\u00f3, s\u1ef1 hi\u1ec7n di\u1ec7n c\u1ee7a B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n kh\u1ebd \u00e1nh l\u00ean nh\u01b0 l\u1ee5a, r\u1ea1ng s\u00e1ng, d\u1ecbu d\u00e0ng v\u00e0 b\u1ec1n b\u1ec9 trong l\u1eb7ng l\u1ebd.\n\n\u0110\u00f3 kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng b\u1ee9c tranh.\nM\u00e0 l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng kho\u1ea3nh kh\u1eafc \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c n\u00e2ng niu.\nNh\u1eefng d\u01b0 \u00e2m c\u1ee7a v\u1ebb \u0111\u1eb9p c\u00f2n l\u01b0u l\u1ea1i trong t\u0129nh l\u1eb7ng.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,27,32,9],"tags":[140,90,91,17,141],"class_list":["post-5071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-event","category-exhibition","category-stories","tag-asian-art-news","tag-boi-tran","tag-boi-tran-art-gallery","tag-boi-tran-garden","tag-minh-chau-art-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5071"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7659,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071\/revisions\/7659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}