Le Rendez-vous
Type:Painting
Year:1972
Size:21.75" x 18.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:original
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Vu Cao Dam ART FOR SALE
1908 Hanoi North Vietnam - 2000 France. Known for: Modernist figure, landscape and portrait bust sculpture.
Vu Cao Dam was born on January 8, 1908 in Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin. He grew up in a family that had been converted to Catholicism since the 18th century and his father, who spoke French... Read full biography
Vu Cao Dam was born on January 8, 1908 in Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin. He grew up in a family that had been converted to Catholicism since the 18th century and his father, who spoke French admirably, was sent to Paris for the 1889 Universal Exhibition. His father founded and directed the Hanoi... Read full biography
Vu Cao Dam was born on January 8, 1908 in Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin. He grew up in a family that had been converted to Catholicism since the 18th century and his father, who spoke French admirably, was sent to Paris for the 1889 Universal Exhibition. His father founded and directed the Hanoi School of Interpreters which trained the mandarins of the colonial regime. It is thus within this privileged universe, where Chinese calligraphy permeates daily life, that Vu Cao Dam evolved. In 1926, he... Read full biography
Vu Cao Dam was born on January 8, 1908 in Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin. He grew up in a family that had been converted to Catholicism since the 18th century and his father, who spoke French admirably, was sent to Paris for the 1889 Universal Exhibition. His father founded and directed the Hanoi School of Interpreters which trained the mandarins of the colonial regime. It is thus within this privileged universe, where Chinese calligraphy permeates daily life, that Vu Cao Dam evolved. In 1926, he joined the second class of the Hanoi School of Fine Arts, which was directed by the painter Victor Tardieu. There he rubbed shoulders with Mai Trung Thu, Nguyen Phan Chanh, Le Pho and learned western academic techniques thanks to lessons in... Read full biography
Vu Cao Dam was born on January 8, 1908 in Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin. He grew up in a family that had been converted to Catholicism since the 18th century and his father, who spoke French admirably, was sent to Paris for the 1889 Universal Exhibition. His father founded and directed the Hanoi School of Interpreters which trained the mandarins of the colonial regime. It is thus within this privileged universe, where Chinese calligraphy permeates daily life, that Vu Cao Dam evolved. In 1926, he joined the second class of the Hanoi School of Fine Arts, which was directed by the painter Victor Tardieu. There he rubbed shoulders with Mai Trung Thu, Nguyen Phan Chanh, Le Pho and learned western academic techniques thanks to lessons in decoration from the painter Joseph Inguimberty or in anatomy from Doctor Phénix. His ease in modelling was quickly noti... Read full biography
Vu Cao Dam - Art for Sale (2 available)
Le Pagodon
Type:Painting
Year:1979
Size:15.00" x 18.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
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A beautiful poetic example by this most capable Vietnamese artist working in Paris. In immaculate original condition and handsomely framed to reflect its appeal, "The Pagoda" is exemplary of Vu Cao Dam's gesture of the period.