The exhibition “Painting Ambassadors” displays 24 artworks by Nguyen Tri Minh in Ho Chi Minh City. Most are acrylic paintings, which belong to the collection of Mrs. Pauline Nhung Nguyen - the late artist's spouse.

This is Minh’s solo exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City after nearly 50 years, since 1975. Most of the works were composed in the last decade of the artist's life, mainly in the US.

Giverny is considered the most outstanding work for its large size (1.22m x 3.44m), placed in the center. The painting is valued at 100 thousand USD, and is one of the author's lifelong works.

Artist Nguyen Tri Minh painted Giverny to recreate the land of the same name, with the lake of water lilies and willow trees. This is also the hometown of painter Claude Monet in France. 

Mrs. Pauline Nhung Nguyen said that this exhibition has a special meaning. She and her family wished that the works of Minh’s later years to be more accessible to the public.

The paintings were shipped from the US to Vietnam for display.

Nguyen Tri Minh (1924-2010) is a landscape painter, specializing in harmony with nature. His compositions are romantic, emotional, which capture the beauty of life through the lens of a "painting messenger".

He graduated as the valedictorian at Gia Dinh School of Decorative Arts, 1942-1946 term, famous for his talent in drawing oil paintings with knives. After settling down in the US, he taught drawing in New York, considered a messenger connecting Vietnamese - American painting.

Nguyen Tri Minh's paintings shows the nostalgia for his homeland.

More than 90% of the paintings he created in the US are owned by foreign collectors.

In the past 10 years, dozens of artworks by Nguyen Tri Minh were auctioned internationally, most of which have been successfully sold.

Some artworks by artist Tri Minh:

Tuan Chieu