Quang San Art Museum is a private museum established under Decision No. 46/QD-SVHTT dated February 7, 2023 of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City.
The museum's name comes from combining the founder's name, Mr. Nguyen Thieu Quang, and his mother's name, Mrs. Nguyen Thi San, to create "Quang San", which means "bright mountain" in Chinese.
Quang San Art Museum will open to the public from June 13.
Located in a 2,000 m2 campus overlooking the Saigon River, Quang San Art Museum is a golden location as well as a new and attractive tourist destination, not only for domestic but also foreign audiences, especially those who seek meaningful encounters with Vietnamese history, art, architecture and nature.
Admiring the Four Masterpieces of Vietnamese Painting: "Thu - Pho - Luu - Dam"
Talking about his passionate art space, Mr. Nguyen Thieu Kien said: "I am extremely happy and joyful, the dream of my parents and family has come true. Quang San Art Museum is built on the Saigon River, carrying within it many of the quintessence of Vietnamese fine arts over the past century. The people I respectfully want to mention first are my father and mother: Mr. Nguyen Thieu Quang and Mrs. Phung Minh Nguyet. For over 20 years, my parents have respected and actively collected all the quintessence of Vietnamese painting, of generations of very talented painters of the country, even though their paintings have been scattered to the four corners of the earth or are still hidden somewhere."
Guests attending the opening ceremony on the afternoon of June 9
The museum's name comes from combining the founder's name, Mr. Nguyen Thieu Quang, and his mother's name, Mrs. Nguyen Thi San, to create "Quang San", which means "bright mountain" in Chinese.
Quang San Art Museum is a new and attractive tourist destination.
According to Mr. Nguyen Thieu Kien: "My parents clearly understood that collecting paintings is not only to preserve for the family, but also to preserve and protect extremely valuable paintings for the country. Quang San Art Museum was first and foremost built from aspiration, from love, from enthusiasm and positivity to collect and bring back to the country the quintessence of generations of Vietnamese painters from the beginning until now. Although today the museum only hangs about 300 precious paintings, the treasure trove holds up to 1,300 paintings, all of which are very representative works of Vietnamese painting schools. I can be proud of Quang San Art Museum, and proudly say that our Vietnamese museum can stand shoulder to shoulder with many other art museums in the region, to develop fine arts in general and Vietnamese painting in particular."
Currently, the museum's artifacts are divided into 3 floors of display following the flow of Vietnamese painting history, from the first courses of the Indochina Fine Arts School to the resistance period, the Renovation period, the contemporary period and through each region of the North - Central - South.
The museum's exhibits are divided into three floors, following the historical flow of Vietnamese painting, from the first courses of the Indochina College of Fine Arts to the resistance period, the Renovation period, the contemporary period, and through each region of the North - Central - South.
Along with the art training schools that have contributed to the preservation of the country's culture, such as Bien Hoa Fine Arts School (now Dong Nai College of Decorative Arts), Gia Dinh Painting School and Saigon National College of Fine Arts (now Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts), Indochina College of Fine Arts (1925-1945), National Fine Arts (now Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts), Vietnam School of Fine Arts during the resistance war (1950-1957), Vietnam College of Fine Arts (1957 - present, now Vietnam University of Fine Arts) and Hue College of Fine Arts (now Hue University of Arts).
Some of the typical works in the museum's collection include paintings from each period, for example starting with the famous quartet of painters in Vietnam such as; Thu - Pho - Luu - Dam (Mai Trung Thu - Le Pho - Le Thi Luu - Vu Cao Dam), Tri - Can - Van - Lan (Nguyen Gia Tri - Tran Van Can - To Ngoc Van - Nguyen Tuong Lan) or Nghiem - Lien - Sang - Phai (Nguyen Tu Nghiem - Duong Bich Lien - Nguyen Sang - Bui Xuan Phai).
The museum also displays works by the quartet Nhan - Hoa - Hau - Kiem (Luu Cong Nhan - Le Huy Hoa - Tran Luu Hau - Trong Kiem) of resistance art and typical painters of the same war period such as Nguyen Hiem, Huynh Phuong Dong, Mai Long, Nguyen Thu.
In addition, representatives of Hue fine arts such as Buu Chi, Dinh Cuong, Duong Dinh Sang, Hoang Dang Nhuan, members of the "Gang of Five" group such as Dang Xuan Hoa, Tran Luong, Ha Tri Hieu, Hong Viet Dung, famous painters from the South such as Nguyen Trung, Do Quang Em, Nguyen Phuoc and many other painters representing the country's art also have paintings currently in the collection on display at the museum.
Paintings by famous Southern artists such as Nguyen Trung, Do Quang Em, Nguyen Phuoc and many other artists representing the country's art are also included in the collection on display at the museum.
Over time, works of art including paintings and sculptures will be rotated and displayed according to the museum's planning.
In addition, the space at Quang San Art Museum is also a venue for organizing art-related events such as exhibitions, talks, seminars, workshops for exchange and learning of art lovers organized by the museum.
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