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

Henri Martin | Post-Impressionist painter

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (1860-1943) was a French painter celebrated for his "poetic" style, which blended Neo-Impressionist techniques with dreamy, Symbolist themes.

He is often described as a "poet of light" because his work prioritizes atmosphere and emotion over strict realism.

Henri Martin was born in Toulouse.

His early works were devoted to poetic and allegorical themes reflecting his training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse.

Gustave Courtois | Academic painter

Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, also known as Gustave Courtois (1852-1923) was a French painter, a representative of the academic style of art.

Courtois was born 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône, France to an unwed mother who was devoted to him.

Henri Matisse | The Series of the Romanian Blouses

Henri Matisse | Romanian Blouse with Green Sleeves, 1937 | Cincinnati Art Museum

Henri Matisse's 'Romanian Blouse' is an exploration of composition, line, and form.

The movement of broad exuberant brushwork across the flat two-dimensional plane of the canvas emphasizes the energy of the composition and evokes the sitter's personality.

The Cincinnati Art Museum's painting is one of several paintings and drawings on a single theme - female models clothed in a boldly patterned Moroccan robes or embroidered Romanian blouses - that Matisse made in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Henri Matisse | Romanian Blouse with Green Sleeves, 1937 | Cincinnati Art Museum

Lee Lufkin Kaula | Impressionist painter

Lee Lufkin Kaula (1865-1957) was born on December 23, 1865 in Erie, Pennsylvania into an affluent family.

Lee Lufkin’s father was a wealthy lawyer who evidently left his daughter a comfortable income that allowed the painters [Lee and her husband] to concentrate on their work without needing other jobs.

A painter of genre scenes, portraits, and landscapes throughout her career, she first trained in New York with Charles Melville Dewey, the American tonalist painter who had studied in Paris and worked with Carolus-Duran on a ceiling painting at the Louvre.