Descriptions
Artist: Lương Xuân Nhị (1914-2006)
Artwork: Young woman knitting
Date: Circa 1950
Dimensions: 61×46 cm
Estimate: 130.000 – 150.000 EUR
Which works of art are always sought after with special favor? Certainly, those are the works of famous artists. Especially works that have never been published. Those works are always given special emotions by researchers, collectors, and art lovers. Especially with beautiful works, with interesting stories, with special provenance.
Artist Lương Xuân Nhị is a special name of Vietnamese painting. His works are admired no matter where they appear. His painting is a guarantee of success and popularity for any auction.
The genre of portrait paintings by Lương Xuân Nhị always attract the attention of art lovers. His characters are often real-life people. From portraits of family members such as ‘My father’, ‘My wife’, ‘My younger brother’ to other characters such as ‘Japanese girl’, ‘Modern girl’, ‘Thai girl’ , ‘Girl with lilies’, ‘Mid-Autumn Festival’… According to close source, the model used to sit and model in the artist’s office on Cửa Nam street. Therefore, we often see familiar furniture somewhere in the artist’s home such as chairs, cabinets, curtains, and even a painting he composed as a background on the wall.
On March 7, 2024, in the auction ASIAN PAINTERS, MODERN ART OF VIỆT NAM at Aguttes, the work ‘Jeune femme au tricot – Young woman knitting’, oil painting by artist Lương Xuân Nhị will be auctioned. Visually, we can see the artist’s familiar yellow color scheme, deep brown tones slightly tinged with burgundy. The model’s slim, elegant figure in an urban áo dài, sitting comfortably as if relaxing; Even though the entire posture and face are attentively focused on the work, all exude “the typical beauty of urban women in Lương Xuân Nhị’s paintings.”
According to the artist’s family, he paid great attention to choosing models, especially urban female models. Whether making “commande” or creating freelance works, he always chooses a female model with an elegant figure and temperament and gentle classic beauty.
Viet Art View often has a special interest in searching historical data of models in portraits like this. Based on character shaping, outfit, background… very interesting details will be deduced. According to Aguttes auction house, this painting used to belong to a French private collection (purchased in Saigon in 1950 and brought to France); Private collection, Southwest France (transferred from the previous collection before 1975).
According to documents about the áo dài, “from the 1950s, the side of áo dài began to be sewn with a waist. The tailors at that time cleverly cut the shirts according to the body. Thus, the historical data on the time of creation of this painting seems to be matched.
A very reliable information says that the portrait of the model ‘Young woman knitting’ was photographed by artist Lương Xuân Nhị and has been kept in his documents.
Currently, the identity of the model in the painting is still being searched by Viet Art View. If there is further information, Viet Art View will share it to readers. With the work ‘Young woman knitting’, we add to the treasure of beautiful and precious works by Lương Xuân Nhị.
With an estimate of between 130,000 and 150,000 EUR, it seems likely that this painting will reach a higher price. Because of the elegant beauty, gentleness and capacity of the young woman, it will stir the affection of collectors and art lovers. With this painting, our mind has an image of a warm, fulfilling family with a lovely, neat house, healthy, beautiful children, the smell of rice, the delicious smell of the family meal that is calling.
The warm, sweetness, happiness, peacefulness… emanating from the image of a young woman in the work is what every society and every class has always admired for thousands of years.
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