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Nguyễn Khang (painter)

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Vietnamese painter
Lacquer painting that includes engravings plus gold and silver pigments. Made in collaboration by the artists Nguyen Khang and Nguyen Kim Diep. The painting depicts a scene with a family of horse trainers in Vietnamese environment.

Nguyễn Khang (5 February 1912 in Hanoi – 15 November 1989) was a Vietnamese painter who specialized in lacquer painting, sometimes with relief work.

A few of his works are in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, but most are in private collections.

Selected works

  • Fishing under Moon Light 1943
  • Uncle Ho Visiting the Villages 1958
  • Troops fording a stream 1960

Love -2020

References

  1. Lý Quảng Mai One hundred Vietnamese painters and sculptors of the 20th century 1996 NGUYEN KHANG (1911–1989) * Born in Hanoi. A painter, specialized in lacquer painting."
  2. Thúc Cần Hà, Hùng Đào 100 years of contemporary paintings from Vietnam 1994 - Page 5 " NGUYEN KHANG with his lacquer "Fishing under Moon Light" 1943,"
  3. Arts of Asia – Volume 38 2008 – Page 72 "Nguyen Khang (1912–1989) painted many lacquers, the collection includes several, some with copious amounts of eggshell, gold and a new blue colouration. In the illustrated lacquer Khang employs relief work (17)"
  4. Witness Collection


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