Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980) was a Vietnamese-French painter. He was one of the graduates of the 1st (1925 - 1930) entering class of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine in Hanoi. He lived and worked mostly in France. His main subjects were women, children and daily life, incorporating some traditional Vietnamese conceptions about fine arts and folk arts. All his work, apart from a few oil paintings, is silk painting with gouache, by rubbing and colours applied as solids

A va

se o

f flow

ers

Asia

tique

se c

oiffa

nt (L

a To

ilette

) 196

2

Fleurs (Flowers)

A la

rivi

ère

Au b

oard

de

l’ea

u (B

y th

e st

ream

)

Children1963

Children at play 39 х 36 1955

Children by the balcony

Deux filettes (two girls) 1940

Conversation1966

Couchage jeune femme (Young lady resting

Cueillette de nénuphars (Picking lilies)

Le pont (The bridge) 1956

Orchid in dragon vase

Deux femme se coiffant

Deux jeunes femmes 1942 Femme à l’enfant Mother and child 1971

Still

life

lilie

s

Deux

jeu

nes

fille

s a

la b

alus

trade

Les enfants 1940Deux enfants allonges

Écha

rpe

Ver

te 1

973

Foul

ard

ver

t

Fem

me

au

cou

ssin

197

1

Eleg

ant

lady

ove

rlook

ing

the

bal

cony

194

0

Girl

with

a y

ello

w sc

arf

1960

Girl by the window

Les musiciennes

Enfa

nt (c

hild

) 19

54

Les

écol

iers

(sch

oolb

oys)

197

1

Famille sur la routeMèr

e e

t se

s en

fant

s da

ns u

n p

aysa

ge d

e m

onta

gne

Gathering at the Pavilion 1944

Family 1944

Femme a la robe orange 1937

Jeun

e m

ere

et

ses

enfa

nts

Fem

me

à l

'enf

ant 1

954

Fem

me

et

fleur

(you

ng l

ady

with

flow

er) 1

943

Girl

with

fan

196

2

Fille et garcon avec maman (girl

and boy with mom) 1975)

Femme couches a l'eventail (Reclining lady with a fan)

Lady

by

the

win

dow

195

1

Fem

mes

s'a

ppre

tant

194

2

Femme et enfant a la toilette crayon sur papier

Jeu construction

Four

sch

ool

boys

Jeu d'echecs ( playing chess)

Golden cage 1966

Les seins nus

Nu jaune aux

pivoines

Nude Lady 1974

La

Let

tre (

The

lette

r) 1

962

Jeun

e fe

mm

e a

geno

uillé

e

Two

bea

utie

s 19

42

Jeune femme allongée lisant (Young girl lying reading)Femme à l'éventail et à

l'oiseau (Lady with a fan and bird), 1970

Woman in a blue dress

Hue girl 1934

The girl Portrait

Portr

ait

of a

lad

y w

ith s

carf

Portr

ait

de j

eune

fem

me

(193

7)

Hunters

Five little girls 1973was auctioned at VND 1.7 billion (69500EUR)

In t

he g

arde

n

Jeune Européenne dans un jardin JaponaisJeunes filles au jardin fleuri

Jeun

e fi

lle p

eign

ant

les

chev

eux

196

1

La calligraphie(carte postale UNICEF)

Peach Blossom 1976

Sound: Tieng sao tren nuong - Vietnamese Traditional Bamboo Flute

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