BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT PAINTINGS AT THE AUCTION OF MILLON

Lot 110
ALIX AMÉ (1894-1989)
Artwork: Relaxing
Medium: Oil, gold and watercolour on silk
Dimensions: 32×24 cm

Alix Aymé was an artist who had experimented with traditional Asian silk material. She also loved lacquer. Therefore, she used gold as a material inlaid on the surface of silk fibers to create a difference in the visual effect of the smooth silk background. The young woman is relaxing but her face still shows a hint of concern. This face is very similar to the artist’s oil painting Sick baby. Alix had deep sympathy for Vietnamese women. Therefore, she painted them with deep respect and affection.

Lot 142
LƯƠNG XUÂN NHỊ (1914-2006)
Artwork: Japanese girl
Medium: Gouache
Dimensions: 39×27 cm
Provenance: The painting originally belonged to the artist’s family collection. Currently in the collection of Mr. L.V. Hanoi.

In 1943, Luong Xuan Nhi, Nam Son and Nguyen Van Ty went to Japan. The pencil and watercolour sketches on paper was created directly on the spot, depicting the image of a Japanese girl. Artists Nam Son and Nguyen Van Ty also had similar watercolour sketches.

Lot 143
TRẦN ĐÔNG LƯƠNG (1925-1993)
Artwork: Young woman
Medium: Silk
Dimensions: 26×16 cm
Provenance: From the collection of Mr Nguyễn Văn Lâm, Hà Nội; Passed down to descendants.

This silk drawing with only black lines was completed from a black pencil sketch (of equivalent size).
The special feature of this silk drawing is that it looks like the artist only used “one and seamless line”. It feels like he only made one line for all the contours, even though that’s not the case.
The lines are soft, decisive, and coherent while still emphasizing a bit of darkness with the artist’s emotions. It seems that those lines are deeply ingrained in the brain, sending signals to control the hand skillfully and gently, like gliding the tip of a brush on the silk.