Four works by Nguyen Tu Nghiem recently came up for auction in Hong Kong at Sotheby’s sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art. Two works sold for nearly three times their estimates. A pastel from 1974, titled ‘Bird, Man and Horse’, estimated at 20,000 – 30,000

The painter died of natural causes on the morning of June 15, 2016 at a hospital in Hanoi. Nguyen Tu Nghiem, one of Vietnam’s most celebrated painters, was born in 1922 to a Confucian scholar’s family in the central province of Nghe An. He is best known for portraying trad

VietNamNet Bridge – Art lovers now have the opportunity to enjoy works by one of the legendary foursome of Vietnam fine art at the Ngan Pho Gallery at 82 Hang Gai in Hanoi. Nguyen Tu Nghiem is considered a pioneer in combining folkloric tradition with a modem spirit, creating a