Lacquer painting

The Introduction Of The Vietnamese Lacquerware

As a traditional fine art which goes back many years in Vietnam though no one knows for sure how many, Vietnamese lacquerware was handed down from generation to generation as a family secret until the first half of the 20th century when the renovation in the field led by excellent artists of Indochina Fine Arts school in Hanoi made the occupation popular not only in Vietnam but also all over the world.

Since then, the legend of Vietnamese lacquerware has really come true. Many generations of lacquer artists have gradually enhanced the quality of Vietnamese lacquerware in the last seventy years; discovering new materials to add to the palette of colored lacquers, the method of mixing various colors, the process of creating the lacquerware and particularly the technique of rubbing the lacquerware in water. Vietnamese lacquer art, however, is an extremely time - consuming and labor - intensive work; Vietnamese lacquerware is the hard work of many people: Lacquer artists, lacquer painters, and many workers who shed their sweat to the fullest spending over 100 days through 20 stages to create the Vietnamese lacquerware. As a result, every Vietnamese lacquerware bears the feelings of its creator: flexibility, complexity and variety. The lacquerware seems to carry something now appears now disappears passionately, ardently and magically. Many artists always say that the first time they really saw the lacquer, it was its blackness that impressed them. It is the black of the universe holding all things and having incredible depth to it.



Hoa mận

Artist: Nguyen van Bang

Size: 80x80.

price: 800 usd.

Green dragon paintings

Artist: Nguyen Lan.

Size: 60x80.

price: 530 usd.

Yellow Sea

Artist: Nguyen van Bang

Size: 80x80.

price: 800 usd.




Nha mua roi nuoc

Artist: Nguyen Thi Tien

Size: 80x80.

price: 800 usd.

Artist: Nguyen van Bang

Size: 80x80.

price: 800 usd.

Artist: Nguyen van Bang

Size: 80x80.

price: 800 usd.

Artist: Nguyen van Bang

Size: 80x80.

price: 800 usd.




Hoa Mận

Artist: Nguyen van Bang

Size: 80x80.

price: 800 usd.




Lotus

Artist: Nguyen van Bang

Size: 80x80.

price: 650 usd.

Contact information:

Ms Giang

Email: giangthanhmt@gmail.com

Address: No 19, Lane 1056 Nguyen Khoai str, Thanh Tri Ward, Hoang Mai Dist, Ha Noi-Viet Nam

Lacquer

Lacquer painting is a form of painting with lacquer which was practised in China and Japan for decoration on lacquerware, and found its way to Europe both via Persia and by direct contact with Asia. The genre was revived and developed as a distinct genre of fine art painting by Vietnamese artists in the 1930s; the genre is known in Vietnamese as "sơn mài."

green dragon paintings

National styles

China

Lacquer had been used since the Shang dynasty (1384-1111 BCE) for decoration and preservation of wooden objects. By the Han dynasty decoration had become more intricate.^[4] Lacquer painting is sometimes used for decoration of wooden objects such as the traditional "Chinese candy box" or Chinese lacquerware tables.

Japan

In Japan lacquer painting is secondary to techniques such as silver inlay, Maki-e on Japanese lacquerware, and carving on Kamakura-bori, and Ryukyuan lacquerware. Painting did not feature on the "Japanning" works of industrial Britain.

Vietnam

Lacquer painting, known as sơn mài, from resin of the sơn tree, rhus succedanea, was developed in Vietnam as a freestanding form, separate from decoration of wooden objects. A revival and a combination with French techniques occurred in the 1930s which was closely associated with the French teachers and Vietnamese students of the [Hanoi University of Fine Arts ] in Hanoi from 1925 to 1945 such as Joseph Inguimberty and Nguyễn Gia Trí.^[5][6]Among the prominent newer generation of Vietnamese lacquer painters is Cong Quoc Ha, who received numerous awards and his works are regularly exhibited worldwide.

Russia

Russia's tradition of lacquer painting (Russian: лаковая живопись, lakovaya zhivopis) before the revolution was connected with folk art and production of icons. The Fedoskino miniature (Russian: федоскинская миниатюра) of Fedoskino village is a genre of lacquer miniature painting on papier-mâché, originating from the late 18th century. From the 1930s this genre also began to be used in proletarian art.^[7] Russian lacquer painting is built up through several layers of varnish, creating a three-dimensional effect.