| There is nothing more beautiful than an
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| | of Europe in Vietnamese paintings.
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| artwork that stimulates aesthetic
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| | However, it is surprising to note that
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| pleasure. Such aesthetic experience acts
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| | modern Vietnam artists still prefer to
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| as a catalyst to enhance our happiness.
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| | paint in the age of digital images and
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| Earlier, the classical works of art drew
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| | multimedia! Yet, if we analyze closely the
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| heavily from nature's beauty. But of late,
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| | environment in which the Vietnam artists
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| modern art work chiefly draws inspiration
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| | live and work, we would conclude that
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| from the mundane life of man. In other
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| | painting suits the sensibilities of the
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| words, modern art captures both material
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| | Vietnamese artists as it incorporates the
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| and the spiritual on an equal plane. This
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| | century-old cultural and religious motifs
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| trend of depicting the various aspects of
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| | of the people. Besides, this expression of
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| human life is clearly evident in the
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| | art is most immediately available to them.
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| paintings of Vietnam. From a historical
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| | The European touch in Vietnamese painting
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| perspective, Vietnamese painting is not a
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| | is by no means accidental, but deliberate.
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| very old art form. It's been only seventy
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| | A majority of Vietnamese painters love
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| years since the first official art academy
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| | and appreciate the Western art and hence
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| of Hanoi, the Ecole de Beaux Arts, opened
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| | try to apply some of their techniques in
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| its doors to local students. However, the
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| | their paintings so that the world would
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| cultural origin of Vietnamese painting
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| | look up to them and give equal weightage
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| dates back much further. There has been a
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| | to Vietnamese art. The West has not
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| consistent effort on part of the
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| | inspired the subject matter of Vietnamese
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| Vietnamese people to devote themselves in
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| | paintings; rather the latter conveys the
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| serious artwork. When the first lessons in
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| | intricacies of the cultural and social
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| line, drawing, anatomy and landscape
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| | life of Vietnam. Vietnamese artists, like
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| painting were offered in the early decades
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| | other artists of the world, are moved by
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| of the twentieth century, the art students
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| | their environment and have taken recourse
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| began taking inspiration from the
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| | to a delicate way to voice their
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| religious and cultural background of
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| | sentiments through color and poetic
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| Vietnam. These new learners of art
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| | imagery. For a great many years,
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| sketched their native villages and fellow
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| | Vietnamese painters struggled to give free
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| farmers in the canvas following the
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| | rein to their expression on canvas. Lack
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| lacquer and silk traditions. During the
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| | of opportunities and adequate funds had
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| French colonial period, the students of
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| | created great obstacles to the success and
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| art took to painting readily as they
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| | recognition of Vietnam painting. Scarcity
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| already possessed the materials needed to
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| | of information from the West set their
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| create a painting. Once the means to
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| | imagination free and Vietnamese art
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| convey their artwork was secured, the new
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| | thrived with luxuriance. Overcoming all
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| generation of painters began to produce an
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| | these obstacles, the Vietnam artists
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| amazing variety of exquisite paintings.
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| | showed their skill to paint under any
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| The vision of the past has changed but
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| | adverse circumstances. Their resilience
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| even today, artists of Vietnam keep on
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| | and determination are clearly mirrored in
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| drawing inspiration from the past.
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| | the originality and freshness of
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| Connoisseurs of art, especially from the
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| | Vietnamese paintings.
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| West, often complain of the deep influence
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