A delicate silk painting by late Vietnamese painter Lê Phổ (1907-2001) was sold for 1.2 million euros (US$1.28 million) – the most expensive piece of the auction Magnificence and Regality by Sotheby’s Paris on November 7.

“Canard et Lotus” (“Mandarin ducks and lotus”), a painting on silk produced by late artist Le Pho, was sold for EUR1.2 million at an auction sale on November 7 at Sotheby’s Paris in France.

Rare and extraordinary works by painters who belonged to the first generation of Vietnamese artists, will go under hammer at an auction by Sotheby’s Paris on November 7.

Vietnamese pieces created by renowned local painters Le Pho, Vu Cao Dam, and Nguyen Tuong Lan will feature at the auction titled “Magnificence and Regality” which will be held by Sotheby’s Paris auction house on November 7.

Paintings by Vietnamese Emperor Ham Nghi (1871 - 1944), who was exiled to Algeria for his patriotism, are among Indochinese artworks that will go under the hammer at French auction house Lynda Trouvé on September 22.

Over 50 works created by painters made up of French teachers of École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (Indochina School of Fine Arts) are set to be showcased at Sotheby’s second exhibition in Vietnam this August.

A painting titled "La famille dans le jardin", “Family in a garden” in English, by late artist Le Pho (1907-2001) fetched HKD18.6 million, equal to US$2.369 million on April 5 after being sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong auction house.

2022 represented a successful year for the Vietnamese painting market as three more pieces were auctioned at more than US$1 million each, bringing the total number of valuable paintings to 19. Let’s take a closer look at some of them.

Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr auction house presented for the first time a sale entitled La Modernite Vietnamienne for Vietnamese art in Paris, France, on December 14.

In addition to the aesthetic value, Vietnamese paintings have been bought for millions of US dollars at international auctions which have made investors pay attention to them in recent years.

Sotheby's Hong Kong auction house has announced it will withdraw a lacquered wooden screen which is suspected of being a copy of an artwork by Vietnamese painter, Nguyen Van Ty (1917-1992), from the upcoming sale on Sunday.