The event is set to showcase many artworks by Mai Trung Thu for the first time ever, including oil paintings on canvas, paintings on silk, photographs, and lithographs, all of which will be available for the public to view.

The artwork 'Mère et Enfant, panier de fruits' (Mother and Child, fruit basket) by Mai Trung Thu.

Mai Trung Thu, also known as Mai Thu, who lived from 1906 to 1980, is a famous painter in Vietnamese contemporary art especially during the early 20th century.

April this year saw his painting Portrait de Mademoiselle Phuong (Portrait of Madame Phuong) fetch a record price of US$3.1 million at Sotheby's Hong Kong Auction, thereby representing the highest price ever paid for a piece of Vietnamese artwork.

The exhibition is running with the theme of Écho d’un Vietnam Rêvé (Echo of a Dreamed Vietnam), and will open with support from the artist’s daughter Mai Lan Phuong in partnership with the Cernuschi Museum.

​13-year-old’s paintings snapped up at solo exhibition

Xeo Chu, 13, sold all 20 paintings he has displayed at a solo exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City. The ‘Flower 2020 - Big World, Little Eyes’ exhibition at Ben Thanh Art gallery and Little Em’s Pre-school in District 1 last weekend featured 20 acrylic on canvas paintings.

Exhibition offers interpretation ‘Tale of Kieu’ epic through contemporary paintings

An exhibition entitled ‘Tale of Kieu through paintings’ opened at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum on November 18 to celebrate the 200th death anniversary of great poet Nguyen Du.

Vietnamese painting goes under French hammer for $1.3 mln

'Young Girl With Peonies' by Vietnamese artist Le Pho has been sold for €1,16 million ($1.36 million) at an auction held by French auction house Aguttes.

Vietnamese lacquer painting fetches nearly $1 mln at French auction

‘Hoi Dinh Chem’, a lacquer painting by Nguyen Van Ty, has fetched €832,000 ($972,000) at a French auction, a record price for a Vietnamese artwork in Europe.

Source: NDO/VNA