Launching the first art museum in Ho Chi Minh City

SGGPO 06/09/2023 21:30

On the afternoon of June 9, Quang San Art Museum officially opened at 189B/3 Nguyen Van Huong, Thao Dien Ward, Thu Duc City.

This is the first art museum in Ho Chi Minh City, aiming to display, preserve and honor Vietnamese fine arts. The core of the museum is a private collection of Mr. Nguyen Thieu Quang, after more than 20 years of collecting with more than 1,000 works of art.

A corner of the museum space

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 and South.

Museum visitors

Museum visitors

According to experts, more than 1,000 paintings on display this time represent Vietnamese fine arts. Some 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.

A corner of the museum

A sculpture on display in the museum

Museum visitors

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/ra-mat-bao-tang-nghe-thuat-dau-tien-tai-tphcm-post693093.html