“Not only the ancient masters of painting – the artists of the Primitive Gothic style, but also the greatest modern artists have shown us examples of this happy innocence […] Their flexible imagination is compatible with the laws of anatomy and geometry which we still reject as the worst barriers [1]” – Maurice Denis, Theory, 1890-1910: From Symbolism and Gauguin to a New Classical Order, Paris, 1913, third edition, pp. 233 to 247.
The European tour in the early thirties left a profound mark on the works of Lê Phổ, who was imbued with international Gothic art through to 20th century modernism throughout his life.
He chose to show in this work the private moments of a mother caressing her sleeping child, with the style of Gothic and Renaissance painters such as Maurice Denis.
ASIAN PAINTERS
MODERN ART IN VIỆT NAM
Auction on March 7, 2024
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