CAC HOA SI TRUONG CAO DANG MY THUAT DONG DU O NG: Les Peintres de l'Ecole Superi

Hanoi 1993, Nha Xuat Ban My Thuat. Black boards, 82 color,27 b.w. plates, [108]p., [30]p. text, text & captions in Viet- namese, French & English, folio 34 x 50 cm., dust jacket in in mylar protector, clean, solid copy. FIRST EDITION AN EXCELLENT REFERENCE ON THE BEST VIETNAMESE PAINTERS FROM . . THE FINE ARTS COLLEGE OF INDOCHINA . . This is a most superb, graphic resource showing the works of the earliest painters to graduate from the F.A.C. . With introductory essay on the history and development of the Fine Arts College of Hanoi founded in 1925 under the French colonial administration. . This extensive monograph and art reference covers the first generation of Vietnam's formally trained painters from the Fine Arts College of Indochina [F.A.C.], and the land of Doai. . * COVERAGE OF 53 OF VIETNAM'S BEST AND EARLIEST PAINTERS: . Superb examples and biographies from 53 of Vietnam's greatest & most talented artists of the early 20th century. With a picture or sketch of each of the artists, or groups of artists and historical review. With a large number of color examples from each artist. . Hanoi painters, and especially those from the F.A.C. were among the best artists to portray portraits and landscapes in the Vietnamese tradition. This work covers & gives credit also to the best teachers and students from this school. . * EXCELLENT COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS: . Wonderfully illustrated with very good color plates on heavy paper, this is a high-quality printed book, with text and captions in three languages: Vietnamese, French and English. . This work also includes various media, silk paintings, lacquer paintings, oil & gouache. By and large, a major reference and contribution to the pantheon of excellent Vietnamese painters, down to 1987. * The work was edited and collected by Nguyen Quang Viet. *** Images of this book are posted to our website, please note that "cover.jpg" is from the First Edition, and also shows the title page which has a penned presentation stating: "To Ms. Donna Haldane with compliments from Tongsa Nguyen Hanoi 22.10.1994." . The Second Edition edition cover is posted to our website as "spine.jpg" and the title page is posted as "title.jpg." *** Color scans of this and most other items are posted to out website. .