Hyper-realistic paintings

Hyper-realistic paintings

Realism seems reach its perfection since The Renaissance and give way for other school. But artists who love the realism don’t think so. They never give-up seeking opportunities to express their love of life and nature more vividly, more minutely. All of them hope they could overtop the forerunners.

Tu Do Gallery is proudly introduced the two typical Vietnamese Contemporary Hyper-realistic artists:

1.- Nguyen Thanh Hoa (Nguyen Phan):

Nguyen Thanh Hoa (or Nguyen Phan) was born in 1965 at Phan Thiet City, Graduated fron the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts University in 1991. His early art-works were signed “Nguyen Phan”.  Since 1998, he has signed “Nguyen Thanh Hoa”, his real name, on his paintings. Therefore, his paintings may bear signature either “Nguyen Phan”, “Nguyen Thanh Hoa”, or “Nguyen Phan - Nguyen Thanh Hoa”.

(NP.233) Still life and marine creatures – Oil on canvas - 83cm x 69cm

Nguyen Phan follows the classical-realistic technique for most of his oil paintings since 1995. Only an intense love for this school could keeps this author to sit before the easel 8 hours a day, 6 days a week for almost 20 years.

We should take a look at the beautiful hand indifferently hold the palm leaf fan. The light sheds from her cheek down her breast, then follows the folds of her sleeve to her hand which holding the fan, the fan, and reflects to the medicinal pot, the main subject of the painting. Every palm leaves of the fan are depicted vividly to the smallest details with all of artist’s kindness and tenderness. For whom the pot of medicinal? What does the nice girl is thinking?

(NP.229) By the Herbs Simmering Pot – Oil on canvas - 117cm x 91cm

2.- Nguyen Quoc Dung

Nguyen Quoc Dung was born in 1959 in Hanoi. He graduated from the Vietnam Industrial Fine Arts University in 1984. He has served the Vietnam Postal Stamp for 3 years (1989-1992). He is now a well-known painter and photographer.

(NQD.L-14) Day and night - oil on canvas - 90cm x 80cm

Nguyen Quoc Dung holds both camera and brush. He is a reliable photographer of many models. Images of beauties soon become inexhaustible inspiration of his creations. Nguyen Quoc Dung’s paintings surpassed his photographs a lot. They describe minutely poetic, romantic emotions that a photo couldn’t be reached.

Let us observe the painting entitled “Nostalgia 2”. The girl’s body and the instrument seem tilting with the breeze which shaking fig wort at the background. Brightness of her graceful face and the string of pearls standout at the ochre color of her hair-tower, traditional tunic, flowers and leaves…that recall of old memories.

(NQD.L-05) Nostalgia 2 - oil on canvas - 80cm x 90cm

Sunday, July 20, 2014