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350 paintings featuring 20th-century Vietnamese art put up for sale

A total of 350 diverse and curated artworks will be put up for sale online in the Vietnamese and British market through the website www.leauctions.vn organised by Le Auction House on July 27 and July 28.

Sotheby’s to auction rare painting by celebrated Vietnamese painter

An oil painting by renowned Vietnamese painter Nguyen Phan Chanh (1892-1984), Les Chanteuses de Campagne, will go up for sale on June 14 in Paris as part of Sotheby’s Arts d’Asie sale.

Sketches by popular painter Pham Thanh Tam to be auctioned in UK

Chorley’s auctioneers is to offer human insight into the realities of war, through a collection of rare sketches by the Vietnamese artist Pham Thanh Tam (1932-2019), in its upcoming sale of Modern Art & Design on November 21.

Work by late Vietnamese painter among million-dollar paintings sold at auction

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.

Painting by late artist fetches high price at French painting auction

“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.

Fine paintings from collection to go under hammer in Paris

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 paintings set to be auctioned in France

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.

Vietnamese exiled Emperor’s paintings to go under the hammer

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.

HCM City to host Sotheby’s exhibition of Indochina paintings in Vietnam

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.

Vietnamese painting sold for high price at Sotheby’s art auction

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.

Major Vietnamese paintings worth millions of dollars at global auctions

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 auctions Vietnamese art works

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.

Collectors buy more VN paintings costing millions of dollars at international auctions

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.

Hong Kong Auction House pulls suspected fake Vietnamese painting from sale

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.