Alexis Le Borgne, 1995 | Watercolor painter

Alexis Le Borgne is an award-winning French-Vietnamese professional artist based in France.

He describes his art as evolving with time and being marked by continuous questioning and desire to learn in perpetuity.

From still lifes to interior scenes, as well as the animal world, imaginary landscapes and character settings, each of Le Borgne's subjects "brings its stone to the edifice", helping him to better understand and grasp the world around him.

Tim Nguyen | Lacquer painter

Tim Nguyen was born in Vietnam and lives on Oahu, Hawaii.

His oil and lacquer paintings are exhibiting through out Hawaii, Asia, Europe and America.

Tim’s art is collected worldwide and sought after for both his creative expressions reflecting the culture and beauty that surrounds him as well as his sensitivity and mastery of the medium.

Tim Nguyen was always interested in art as a child.

Victor Tardieu | Co-founder of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts d'Indochine

Victor François Tardieu (30 April 1870, Orliénas - 12 June 1937, Hanoi) was a French painter; cofounder of what is now known as the Vietnam University of Fine Arts.

In 1887, he was admitted to the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon.

After two years there, he transferred to the Académie Julian in Paris, where he studied for a year.

Vietnamese Art History and Sitemap

Vietnamese art is visual art that, whether ancient or modern, originated in or is practiced in Vietnam or by Vietnamese artists.

Vietnamese art has a long and rich history, the earliest examples of which date back as far as the Stone Age around 8,000 BCE.

With the millennium of Chinese domination starting in the 2nd century BC, Vietnamese art undoubtedly absorbed many Chinese influences, which would continue even following independence from China in the 10th century AD.

Le Thi Luu | Impressionist painter

Truong Buu Giam, 1948 | Abstract impressionism painter

Vietnamese-born American painter Truong Buu Giam was born on Christmas Eve, in the province of Bên Tre, South Vietnam.

His parents felt grateful on the birth of their fifth child.

They named the infant Buu Giam with a fateful meaning: Preserving the Precious and the Beautiful.

Already in elementary school, his teachers loved to have him come to the chalkboard and draw pictures so other children could copy.

Nguyen Thanh Binh, 1954 | Ballet dancers

Born in Hanoi, Nguyễn Thanh Bình is an Vietnamese artist known for his series of paintings of young women, ballet dancer, mother and child in various compositions and a romantic realistic style which is uniquely, and distinctively his over the past 30 years.

From 1965-1972: Graduated from The Vietnam Fine Arts College, Hanoi.

Le Pho | Pittore romantico

Lê Phổ / 黎谱 (1907-2001) è stato un pittore impressionista e romantico Vietnamita.

Dipinse scenari del Vietnam, nature morte con fiori, ambientazioni familiari e ritratti.

Le donne vietnamite, spesso ritratte come figure allungate che evocano l'influenza del surrealismo, sono state un tema ricorrente nel suo lavoro.

Dal 1925-1930, Lê Phổ studiò all'Ecole des Beaux-Arts di Hanoi.

Tran Nguyen, 1987 | Surrealist painter / illustrator

Tran Nguyen is an award-winning illustrator and fine artist. Born in Can Tho, Vietnam, she currently resides in the peachy state of Georgia.

Nguyen's paintings are created with a soft, delicate quality using colored pencil and acrylic on paper.

She’s most known for her paintings of whimsical women and their melancholic landscapes, which often possess an air of fantasy and surrealism.

She creates illustrations for published media such as magazines, books, wine and beer packaging, animation, advertising, and mural work. Her clients include VH1, Tiger Beer, World Wildlife Fund, and she has showcased with galleries across the world.