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TRAN HUU CHAT (1933-2018)

Village de Bac Ha, 1981

Panneau en bois laqué gravé, signé et daté en bas à gauche.

100 x 150 cm

TRAN HUU CHAT (1933-2018)
CARVED LACQUER ON WOOD PANEL
’BAC HA VILLAGE’
DATED 1981

Estimation : 8 000 € - 10 000 €

Informations complémentaires :

Tran Huu Chat was a Vietnamese artist known for his carved lacquer paintings of village scenes. Chat’s depictions of the conflict with the United States during the 1960s won him acclaim through his country. Born on July 10, 1933 in Cháu Tiên, Vietnam, he went on to work for the Communist Party during the mid-1940s as a slogan writer and illustrator against the French occupation. In 1956, he studied at the Hanoi Academy of Fine Art under Hoàng Tích Chù, and gained recognition as an illustrator of children’s books during peacetime. Following postgraduate studies in China and France, he was sent to the frontlines of the Vietnam War to depict the struggle of the Viet Cong. Later in his career, Chat focused mainly on depicting ethnic minorities in the countryside. The artist died in 2018 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Today, a number of Chat’s works are held in the collections of the National Fine Arts Museum of Vietnam in Hanoi.