Repose in the Garden of Delight

Details

NGUYEN TRUNG (VIETNAMESE, B. 1940)
Repose in the Garden of Delight
signed and dated ‘ng.Trung 2012’ (upper left)
oil on canvas
100 x 130 cm. (39 3/8 x 51 11/8 in.)
Painted in 2012

Provenance

Private Collection, Asia

Exhibited

Shanghai Southest Asian Art Exchange Centre, Shanghai, China, Southest Asian Art Rising:8 Contemporary SEA Artistes Exhibition, 10 May-10 June 2014

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Lot Essay

As one of the most well-regarded contemporary painters of Vietnam, Nguyen Trung painted in his early days abstract compositions that balances the rationalism of European art and the philosophical nature of Oriental art, before moving towards painting his iconic works of ladies in the garden.

The artist's mature body of works spans more than 30 years. The present work, highly romantic and meditative in nature, advances the tradition of romanticism in Vietnamese art, beginning from the esteemed generation of Le Pho and Mai Trung Thu, and continuing on with Nguyen Trung.

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