Hanoi School - Circa 1930 - Nguyen Mai Thu - Animated Landscapes - Oil On Canvas - Vietnam

"Hanoi School - Around 1930 - Nguyen Mai Thu - Animated Landscapes - Oil On Canvas - Vietnam" "Animated Landscape - Nguyen (?) Mai Thu - Oil On Canvas - Signed - Vietnam - Indochina Nguyễn Mai Thu (?) Animated Landscape Oil on canvas - Signed - This painter remains a mystery. His works initially attributed to Mai Trung Thu in his youth production before his departure for France in 1943, being challenged by the latter's family, have been reattributed to a certain Nguyen Mai Thu. This new attribution seems very questionable, if not fanciful because no one knows the slightest biographical element of this character and the signature of his paintings has never included the surname Nguyen or the initial N. This Nguyen Mai Thu's name appeared for the first time on sale in 2017 and is now taken up for ease with each appearance of a new painting bearing this signature. Anyway, the very European style of these paintings suggests that he was formed in contact with French professors, probably within the School of Fine Arts in Hanoi, given the location of his landscapes. His production, concerning only oils on canvas, is mostly located in Tonkin and sometimes dated between 1933 and 1950. To be continued...